Miami, Florida – A 46-year-old Miami man who purchased baby pornography on the Darkish Net utilizing cryptocurrency has been sentenced to 151 months in federal jail, to be adopted by 30 years of supervised launch.
Adolfo Fernandez saved the kid exploitation materials on varied digital gadgets that he saved at his dwelling, together with over 2,000 footage and 300 movies of minors being sexually abused. Along with the bought objects, Fernandez additionally saved digital pictures that confirmed him in his lounge, engaged in specific intercourse acts with a minor.
On December 13, 2021, Fernandez pled responsible to 1 depend of receipt of kid pornography.
Juan Antonio Gonzalez, U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of Florida, and Anthony Salisbury, Particular Agent in Cost, HSI, Miami Area Workplace, introduced the sentence that U.S. District Decide Beth Bloom imposed.
HSI Miami investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Legal professional Adam Hapner prosecuted it. Assistant U.S. Legal professional Sara Klco is dealing with asset forfeiture.
This case was introduced as a part of Challenge Secure Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative launched in Might 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Workplaces and the Prison Division’s Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part, Challenge Secure Childhood marshals federal, state, and native assets to find, apprehend and prosecute people, who sexually exploit kids, and to establish and rescue victims. For extra details about the Challenge Secure Childhood initiative and for info relating to Web security, please go to www.justice.gov/psc.
Associated courtroom paperwork and data could also be discovered on the web site of the District Court docket for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, underneath case quantity 21-cr-20337.
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