TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo man was convicted of receiving and distributing child pornography in Toledo federal court, according a news release from U.S. Attorney Rebecca C. Lutzko's office.
Christopher Frater, 46, was found guilty of one count of receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct after a four-day jury trial in Judge Jeffrey Helmick's courtroom.
Frater, a former corrections officer in Allen County, Ohio, was charged after an FBI investigation, according to the news release.
In 2017 an undercover investigator was able to download files of child pornography from an IP address at the defendant's then-home in Lima, according to the release.
Then, in 2018, agents executed a search warrant at Frater's residence and seized his computer and cell phone. A forensic review of the devices showed Frater had used them to distribute and receive child pornography, the U.S. attorney's office said.
The investigation revealed Frater had received and distributed at least three videos and 150 images of children under the age of 12, the release said.
Frater is scheduled to be sentenced on March 12, 2024. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, the release said.
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