A Purcellville, Virginia man, who was a member of a website
dedicated to the advertising and sharing of child pornography on an online
anonymous network, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison and 10 years of
supervised release.
Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the
Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy
Doherty-McCormick of the Eastern District of Virginia, and Patrick J.
Lechleitner, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations HSI Washington, D.C. made
the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of
the Eastern District of Virginia.
Nikolai Bosyk, 40, a repair shop owner, was charged on Oct.
17, 2017, and pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2018.
According to admissions made in conjunction with the guilty plea, Bosyk
was a member of an online bulletin board dedicated to the sharing of child
pornography, that operated on the TOR anonymity network. Bosyk admitted to
downloading child pornography, from that website and other places on the
Internet. A forensic review of his
laptop discovered thousands of images and videos of child pornography.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security
Investigations investigated the case, with assistance from the High Technology Investigative
Unit (HTIU) of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
(CEOS) and the Northern Virginia-Washington, D.C. Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force.
CEOS Trial Attorney Lauren E. Britsch and Assistant U.S.
Attorney Nathaniel Smith III of the Eastern District of Virginia prosecuted the
case.
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