A Geauga County man pleaded guilty to two counts related to possessing videos of children being raped and sexually assaulted, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
John S. Mobasseri, 39, of Novelty, is scheduled to be sentenced on March 19. He pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of possession of child pornography.
Mobasseri earlier this year had two USB storage devices, 14 computer disks and a computer that contained images of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Mobasseri received and distributed images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct between 2009 and 2017, according to court documents.
The files include titles such as “10Yo Preteen Raped (Incest).mpeg" and images such as children being blindfolded and sexually assaulted, as well as children being bound and masked while being sexually assaulted, according to court documents.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S Attorney Michael A. Sullivan following an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations and the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
