By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) software engineer who was convicted for carrying out the largest theft of classified information in the agency’s history and of child pornography charges was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. The 40-year sentence by U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman was for […]
The wildfire spread of fabricated porn images of pop megastar Taylor Swift has fuelled calls in the United States for strong legislation to tackle an explosion of deepfake sexual abuse facilitated by artificial intelligence. The images – which grafted Swift’s face onto another woman’s body – attracted tens of millions of views on social media […]
An Indiana County man was sentenced to several years in prison on child pornography charges. Jeffrey Allen Sink, 57, from Commodore, was sentenced to five years in prison, five years of supervised release and restitution of $2,000 for possessing material depicting the exploitation of minors, the Department of Justice said. According to officials, the charges […]
A 20-year-old man accused of selling explicit images of children online and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old now faces charges, according to California officials. And police fear there might be more victims. Victor Manuel Avalos, Jr. of Oxnard is accused of going online and obtaining child pornography before posting it under a “menu” on Snapchat for […]
The son of the coach from the popular Netflix cheerleading documentary series “Cheer” has been charged with 10 counts of possession with intent to promote child pornography, according to court records. William Austin Aldama, 27, was charged Jan. 18 in Navarro County, Texas according to the court documents. William Aldama is the son of Monica […]
‘Cheer’ star Monica Aldama‘s son, Austin Aldama, has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography in Texas. Disturbing details are outlined in recent legal documents obtained by The Blast, indicating that he was arrested and booked in Navarro County on 10 counts of possession of child pornography based on a grand jury indictment. Austin […]
A federal judge sentenced an imprisoned sex offender from Biloxi on Thursday after he sent child pornography from behind bars using a contraband phone, a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice said. Quincy J. LaBauve, 37, was serving a 40-year sentence in the Mississippi Department of Corrections after he raped a child on […]
The owner of an online pornography exchange called “The Ho Zone” — which allegedly featured women who were subject to blackmail, famous female athletes who were hacked, and revenge porn victims — has been arrested by the FBI and charged by federal prosecutors with advertising, receiving and distributing child pornography, federal prosecutors say. Kyle White, […]
Jan. 17—A bipartisan bill introduced in the Ohio Senate this week would limit underage exposure to online pornography by requiring internet users to upload copies of their government ID or other personal information in order to access porn websites. Senate Bill 212 takes aim at websites in which pornographic content makes up a “substantial portion” […]
Rodney Shaffer, 58, of Vermont, Ill., was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography involving a minor under the age of 13, according to a release from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Shaffer’s residence in Vermont was searched by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police on Jan. 11, where they […]
A proposed law would require Ohioans to verify their age to access porn online. Ohio lawmakers want to require ID or other age verification to access pornography online − an effort to keep it away from kids. State law already prevents those younger than 18 from purchasing or viewing porn, but the new proposal would […]
Jan. 16—A Huber Heights man turned himself in to police last week after his wife caught him with child pornography, according to court documents. Patrick Jeffrey Seagraves, 43, was arraigned Tuesday in Montgomery County Municipal Court — Eastern Division in Huber Heights for illegal use of minor in nudity-oriented material; five counts of pandering sexual […]