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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:47:50 GMT
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Here's some proof:
Suffolk Indicts 12 in Child Porn
(Music-sharing program was used)
By Andrew Smith
STAFF WRITER
New York Newsday
July 30, 2003
Software intended to spread free music was used instead by a dozen Suffolk
residents to spread child pornography, Suffolk District Attorney Thomas
Spota said yesterday.
"It is chilling," Spota said.
Twelve people, including three teenagers, were charged with numerous counts
of promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing a sexual
performance by a child. Some defendants had more than 100 images or videos
on their computers, police said.
Det. Sgt. John Cowie of the Suffolk County Police Department's computer
crimes section said the defendants are among many worldwide who use Kazaa
and other file-sharing programs to swap photos and video clips of children
being raped and sexually abused.
Spota said he believes this is the first child pornography investigation
targeting users of a file-sharing program. He said he hopes law enforcement
officials in other areas follow his lead.
Spota acknowledged that child pornography is too widespread on the Internet
to eradicate.
"We'll never be able to eliminate it," he said. "But we're going to make as
big a dent in it in Suffolk as we can."
Photographs and video clips on the defendants' computers were among the
most vile detectives had ever seen, Spota said. In one video, he said a
toddler's diaper was removed before the abuse began. In another, Spota said
the victim cried for his father.
Investigators have not been able to find who the abused children are, said
Assistant District Attorney Rosamaria Abbate.
After the investigation began in February, Cowie said, police traced the
defendants to Suffolk by issuing subpoenas to Internet service providers to
find their locations.
Officials at Sharman Networks Ltd., which distributes the Kazaa program,
said they always cooperate with law enforcement investigating child
pornography.
"All of us at Sharman Networks utterly abhor child pornography," said Nikki
Hemming, the company's chief executive, in a prepared statement from her
office in Sydney, Australia.
It's easy enough to find child pornography on Kazaa on purpose, but Spota
said it's also easy to find by accident. Searching for music by pop stars
often turns up dozens of child pornography samples.
"This should serve as a warning to parents," Spota said. "Be aware of how
the computer in your home is being used."
Charged were: Frederick Cobbs, 37, of 16 34th Place, Wyandanch; Abu
Mohiuddin, 35, of 76 Brennan St., Huntington; Richard Tinger, 38, of 16
Rexmere Ave., Farmingville; Maxwell Gutschow, 23, of 20 W. Montauk Hwy.,
Hampton Bays; Jeremiah Katzenberger, 20, of 6 Howe St., Huntington Station;
Keith McKenny, 35, of 9 Orchard Dr., Mastic Beach; John Rocco, 37, of 1556
August Rd., North Babylon; Louis Riccardi Jr., 16, of 2325 Walnut Ave.,
Ronkonkoma; Ali Ouni, 23, of 9 East Point Lane, Hampton Bays; Benjamin
McCarthy, 18, of 72 Hollins Lane, East Islip; Barbara Fonteboa, 18, of 119
Prairie Dr., North Babylon; and James Mott, 24, of 6 Country Club Dr.,
Coram.
All have pleaded not guilty and were freed without bail. Their attorneys
either refused to comment or would not respond to requests for comment.
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