A Cherokee man was sentenced this week to more than three years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.
According to a press release, evidence in the case established that 23-year-old Krystopher Cordeiro possessed child porn between January 1st and September 26th of 2023. In April and May of last year, the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children received a CyberTip that Cordeiro’s account had uploaded child pornography on four occasions. When law enforcement executed a search at Cordeiro’s residence in September of 2023, he admitted to searching for “teen porn”, as well as possessing videos depicting sadistic and masochistic conduct, prepubescent children, and toddlers. Agents discovered over 200 images and ten videos of actual child pornography and over a thousand images, and 133 videos of simulated children. Some of the simulated images were of such high quality they were virtually indistinguishable from real children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
In addition to three years in federal prison, Cordeiro was ordered to pay six thousand dollars in restitution to the victims in the case. He must serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. Cordeiro is being held in the U.S. Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
