OMAHA, Neb. – Performing Particular Agent in Cost of Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) Kansas Metropolis Taekuk Cho and United States Lawyer Steven Russell introduced that Gregory Lukassen, 50, of Omaha, was sentenced in federal court docket in Omaha for distribution and receipt of kid pornography, Jan. 5, following joint HSI investigation.
Choose Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lukassen to 240 months’ imprisonment. There isn’t a parole within the federal jail system. After his launch from jail, Lukassen will serve 5 years of supervised launch. Lukassen was additionally ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution.
In October 2022, Lukassen was discovered responsible after a two-day jury trial. The proof at trial confirmed that officers contacted Lukassen at a residence in Bellevue after receiving cyber tip experiences from the Nationwide Middle for Lacking and Exploited Kids (NCMEC) indicating that on-line service suppliers had reported uploads of kid pornography. Lukassen admitted to chatting on-line relating to sexual fantasies and claimed to have obtained baby pornography unintentionally throughout these chats. Forensic examinations of units seized from Lukassen confirmed cache or thumbnail information of at the very least 38 distinctive photographs of kid pornography on the units, together with among the photographs reported within the cyber suggestions.
This case was investigated by HSI and the Bellevue Police Division.
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This case was introduced as a part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse launched in Might 2006 by the Division of Justice. Led by United States Lawyer’s Workplaces and the Felony Division’s Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part (CEOS), Mission Protected Childhood marshals federal, state, and native assets to raised find, apprehend and prosecute people who exploit kids through the web, in addition to to determine and rescue victims.
HSI is a directorate of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the principal investigative arm of the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), accountable for investigating transnational crime and threats, particularly these felony organizations that exploit the worldwide infrastructure via which worldwide commerce, journey, and finance transfer. HSI’s workforce of over 10,400 staff consists of greater than 6,800 particular brokers assigned to 225 cities all through the USA, and 93 abroad areas in 56 nations. HSI’s worldwide presence represents DHS’s largest investigative regulation enforcement presence overseas and one of many largest worldwide footprints in U.S. regulation enforcement.