SOUTH BEND – Brendan R. Eiler, 33 years old, of Mishawaka,
IN, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading
guilty of Receipt of Child Pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
The Court imposed a sentence of 68 months imprisonment, 5
years of supervised release following his prison release, and $55,000 in
restitution to victims of the crime.
According to documents in the case, between March 2016 and
March 2017, Eiler downloaded child pornography from the internet using a
program named “e-Mule.” He admitted to possessing approximately 35,079 images
and approximately 4,170 videos that portrayed child pornography. Some of these
depicted bestiality and sadistic images, and prepubescent children or children
under the age of 12.
This case was investigated by the FBI and St. Joseph County
Prosecutor’s Cybercrime Unit. The case
was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John Maciejczyk.
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