Las Vegas man sentenced to prison for distributing child porn

A Las Vegas antheral was sentenced connected Monday to 11 years successful situation for distributing kid pornography done the Kik Messenger app, the Justice Department announced.

Cyrus Orlando Ortega, 28, distributed much than 600 images and videos from Sept. 27, 2019, to Nov. 1, 2019, successful speech for much images from different users connected the instant messaging app, according to a quality merchandise from the U.S. attorney’s bureau successful Las Vegas.

“The images and videos depicted underage victims — immoderate arsenic young arsenic infants — being sexually exploited,” the quality merchandise stated.

U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey besides sentenced Ortega to a beingness of supervision.

Ortega pleaded blameworthy successful June to 1 number of organisation of kid pornography.

The lawsuit was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI, according to the quality release.

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