Indian-Origin Man Faces 20 Years In US Jail For Accessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

A
I dia -o igi
ma
has
pleaded
guilty
i
a
fede al
cou t
i
New
Je sey
to
k owi gly
accessi g
child
sexual
exploitatio
mate ial
i volvi g
a
p epubesce t
mi o ,
the
US
Depa tme t
of
Justice
said.

Abhishek
Vijaykuma ,
a
eside t
of
Hasb ouck
Heights,
New
Je sey,
admitted
to
accessi g
the
illicit
mate ial
i
Ma ch
2024,
acco di g
to
a
stateme t
by
the
depa tme t.

I vestigato s
fou d
mo e
tha
200
images
while
exami i g
Vijaykuma ‘s
elect o ic
devices.
Amo g
the
mate ial
was
a
image
depicti g
the
sexual
abuse
of
a
th ee-yea -old
child
by
a
adult
male,
the
US
Justice
Depa tme t
said.

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Co ti ued
Actio

Assista t
Atto ey
Ge e al
A.
Tyse
Duva
of
the
Justice
Depa tme t’s
C imi al
Divisio
said
the
guilty
plea
e te ed
o
Wed esday
ep ese ted
a othe
step
i
effo ts
to
fight
child
sexual
exploitatio .

“The
FBI
will
co ti ue
its
ele tless
quest
to
ide tify
a d
stop
those
who
abuse
a d
exploit
child e ,”
said
Special
Age t
i
Cha ge
Stefa ie
Roddy
of
the
FBI’s
Newa k
Field
Office.

Roddy
desc ibed
the
guilty
plea
as
a
bitte sweet
victo y,
sayi g
it
ack owledged
the
victimisatio
of
the
child e
depicted
i
the
mate ial
possessed
by
Vijaykuma .

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I tellige ce
Mo e
Da ge ous& squo;:
I a
Wa s
T ump
Ove
‘Full
Co t ol& squo;
Of
Ho muz

Faces
Up
to
20
Yea s
i
P iso

Vijaykuma
could
face
a
maximum
se te ce
of
20
yea s
i
p iso
whe
he
is
se te ced
o
Ja ua y
6,
2027.

A
fede al
dist ict
cou t
judge
will
decide
the
se te ce
afte
taki g
i to
accou t
the
US
Se te ci g
Guideli es
a d
othe
statuto y
facto s,
the
depa tme t
said.

The
case
is
bei g
i vestigated
by
the
FBI’s
Newa k
Field
Office
with
assista ce
f om
the
Be ge
Cou ty
P osecuto ‘s
Office
Cybe
C imes
U it
i
New
Je sey.

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