Crypto transactions betray man caught with 772000 child porn files
According to a Click on Detroit article, the FBI discovered the account had made three crypto transactions linked to the seller. Payments totaled $750 for transactions done on March 27, March 31, and April 3, last year
Cryptocurrency transactions led to the arrest of a Grosse Pointe Farms man in Michigan by the FBI, who found him in possession of 722,000 child pornography files. The 44-year-old Rommel Callos Baltazar was charged on July 24 with possession of child pornographic content.
The FBI became aware of the situation during another investigation involving a seller of child pornography when they discovered and identified a cryptocurrency account.
According to a Click on Detroit article, the FBI discovered the account had made three crypto transactions linked to the seller. Payments totaled $750 for transactions done on March 27, March 31, and April 3, last year.
Law enforcement officers received more details about the account on April 22, 2023, which related to Baltazar. The information included his social security number, birthday, driver's license, and address, which prompted the FBI to search his Grosse Pointe Farms home almost a year later.
The FBI apprehended several electronic devices, including a laptop connected to an external drive.
According to the article, officials have so far found only "sexually suggestive or explicit material," although they are still reviewing data from three external hard drives.
An initial review of the laptop showed 690,000 images and 32,000 videos of girls between the ages of 14 and 19 engaged in sexual acts.
