Trinidadian gets 12 years in US for child pornography

CMC - (ICE) A Trinidad and Tobago national has been sentenced to more than 12 years in a US federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.



The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's agency (ICE) said that the charges against Garvin Cadogan, 45, who had been living in the US under an assumed identity, had also been investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).



ICE said Cadogan was sentenced to 151 months in a US federal prison for receiving child pornography, 120 months on two counts of possessing child pornography, and 36 months for his false claim to US citizenship.



US District Judge Frank Montalvo ordered all the prison terms to run concurrently.



On February 23, ICE said HSI special agents executed a search warrant at Cadogan's east El Paso apartment.



While executing the warrant, the special agents discovered that one of his computers was downloading and sharing multiple files via a peer-to-peer network, which depicted minors being sexually exploited.



ICE said special agents arrested him and seized his home computer.



The agency said a forensics analysis of Cadogan's seized computer revealed the presence of more than 200 child pornography videos.



Cadogan pleaded guilty to the charges on October 19.



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