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WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court charging Michael Wolf, 64, of Chicago, Illinois, with Distribution of Child Pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
According to court documents, Wolf communicated with another user on the Telegram messaging application about his sexual interest in children. During those communications, Wolf distributed ten videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. Wolf then told the other Telegram user that he was communicating with minor children on an online dating application and forwarded sexually explicit images he stated depicted those minors. Wolf subsequently sent the Telegram user photos of himself that law enforcement used to identify Wolf.
Joining U.S. Attorney Pirro in the announcement was FBI Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. Cox of the Washington Field Office.
This case is being investigated by FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in Washington, D.C., with assistance from the FBI Chicago Field Office and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachel Bohlen.
The case was brought as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood initiative. In February 2006, the Attorney General created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorney's Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov .
Charges in an indictment are merely allegations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — District of Columbia — U.S. Department of Justice press release.