Slingerlands Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Child

ALBANY, NEW YORK - Daniel Fuino, age 75, of Slingerlands, New York, pled guilty today to sexual exploitation of a child. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement.

Fuino admitted that between the summer of 2022 and April 2023, he babysat a young female child at his residence. During this period, Fuino used the child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography. The victim was 6 years old when the conduct began.

If United States District Judge Mae D'Agostino accepts the parties' agreed-upon disposition at sentencing on November 26, 2024, Fuino will receive a prison term of 180 months, at least 15 years of supervised release to follow that term of imprisonment, and a fine of up to $250,000. He will also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim, forfeit the device used in the offense, and will be required to register as a sex offender. A defendant's sentence is imposed by a judge based on the statute the defendant violated, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors.

The FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force - comprised of FBI Special Agents, and state and local police investigators, including from the New York State Police and Colonie Police Department - investigated this case, which is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin S. Clark as part of Project Safe Childhood.

Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorney's offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.