A Wilmington, Delaware, man was sentenced to 156 months in
prison today for distributing child pornography, announced Acting Assistant
Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal
Division and Acting U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss of the District of
Delaware.
Roy Harvender Jr., 59, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2016,
before U.S. District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark of the District of Delaware
to one count of distribution of child pornography for his membership in a
website dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children. Judge Stark also ordered Harvender to serve
10 years of supervised release and to pay $5,000 in restitution to each of his
victims.
According to admissions made in connection with the plea
agreement, the FBI identified Harvender during the investigation of an online
bulletin board whose primary purpose was the advertisement and distribution of
child pornography. This website had a
total of over 105,000 users and required its members to continually share child
pornography in order to gain and keep membership.
Harvender admitted that he was an active member of this
website for a period of several months in 2014 and made approximately 190
postings to the board, including images and videos of child pornography and links
to images and videos of child pornography.
After identifying Harvender, agents executed a search warrant at his
residence and found images of child pornography on electronic devices they
seized. Harvender was interviewed by FBI
agents and admitted that he uploaded child pornography images to other users of
the website and that he owned the devices that contained child
pornography.
Trial Attorney Kathryn C. Furtado of the Criminal Division’s
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney
Edmond Falgowski of the District of Delaware prosecuted this case. The FBI’s Baltimore Division investigated the
case.
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