Kevin Budianto, 24, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today
by U.S. District Judge Gerald A. McHugh to five years imprisonment, following
his guilty plea to one count of transportation and one count of possession of
child pornography, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain. In addition, the defendant was sentenced to
10 years’ supervised release and fined $25,000.
According
to court papers, Budianto, who worked at a Roman Catholic High School as an
intern in 2013 after having graduated from the school in 2012, was apprehended
based on two tips from Instagram, a social media platform on which Budianto
posted child pornography images.
Investigators thereafter determined that Budianto’s computer contained
hundreds of images and videos of child pornography depicting prepubescent
children, including images of sadistic and masochistic abuse.
“The images in the defendant’s possession were horrific,” said U.S. Attorney McSwain. “There simply can be no tolerance or leniency for those who exploit children. In this case, and in others like it, a significant term of incarceration is appropriate and necessary.”
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a
nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual
exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led
by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child
Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals
federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute
individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and
rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit
www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, and the
Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division, and is being prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney Michelle L. Morgan.
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