HAMMOND – Daniel Bender, 52 years old, of Hebron, Indiana,
was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen on his plea
of guilty to receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L.
Kirsch II.
Bender was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by 5
years supervised release, along with $35,000 restitution.
According to documents in this case, in April 2016, a Task
Force Officer (TFO) with the FBI Indianapolis Division reported activity on a
file-sharing network. The activity on
this network was monitored with the TFO using specialized law enforcement
software. The TFO downloaded and
observed videos containing child pornography, specifically of prepubescent
girls and boys engaged in sex acts with adults.
The IP address related to these downloads was tracked to Bender’s home
address. A search warrant was executed,
recovering over 5500 images and 1900 videos of children and infants being
sexually exploited, abused, tortured and raped.
This case is the result of the investigative efforts of the
FBI and was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria N. Lerner.
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