Omaha Man Sentenced for Accessing with Intent to View Child Pornography

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Logan M. Schwenk, age 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 5, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for access with intent to view visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Schwenk to 24 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release. Schwenk was ordered to pay a $2,500 special assessment to the Child Pornography Victims Reserve Fund.

On October 25, 2022, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent working covertly online visited an open internet page that hosted and advertised the sale of child pornography. On the internet page, packages of child pornographic files were advertised for sale in U.S. currency. The agent made a covert purchase of the files, and the money was directed to a money mule located in the United States. After the purchase, the agent was sent a Mega link which contained terabytes of child pornographic material. Mega is a file hosting service.

During investigation of the money mule, the agent identified others who made similar purchases for child pornography, which included Schwenk. Schwenk's purchase history and communications with the money mule showed multiple financial transactions for similar links from October 2022 through February 2023. In the transaction line for the payments, Schwenk indicated "mega" or "cp."

On June 7, 2023, a search warrant was issued for Schwenk's residence in Omaha. The warrant was executed, and numerous devices were seized, including his phone and laptop. During a forensic review of Schwenk's phone, the FBI found a Mega link to child pornography and at least one image of child pornography.

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