Timothy T. Duax U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
A Waterloo, Iowa resident originally from Bosnia was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. Hazim Kapic, 61, pleaded guilty on September 17, 2025, to one count of receipt of child pornography.
According to court documents and a plea agreement, Kapic admitted to downloading child pornography between February 2020 and August 2024. Authorities searched his home in August 2024 and found a hard drive containing thousands of images and videos involving minors, including prepubescent children and depictions involving infants or toddlers as well as material showing sadistic and masochistic conduct.
Kapic was sentenced by Chief Judge C.J. Williams in Cedar Rapids. In addition to the 120-month prison sentence, he was ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution to victims and will serve five years of supervised release after his prison term. Federal sentences do not allow for parole.
"This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims," according to information provided by prosecutors.
For more details about Project Safe Childhood or internet safety education resources for parents or guardians seeking further information can be found at www.usdoj.gov/pscLinks.
Kapic remains in U.S. Marshal custody until transfer to a federal prison facility. The case involved cooperation between the Waterloo Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation; it was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake.
