(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A suburban Chicago man heads to prison for child porn.
Miguel Ascencios, 55, of Burr Ridge used social media and a file-sharing service to receive and share digital files depicting child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
He has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for possessing more than 3,000 images and videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Ascencios pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge of receipt of child pornography.
In addition to the prison term, a federal judge ordered him to pay $7,000 in restitution to four of his victims.
“Defendant was not a passive participant in a victimless crime; rather, he directly contributed to both the victimization of children and demand for further material,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne L. Yonover argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum.
“Defendant perpetuated the victims’ abuse and helped to preserve a permanent record of those images and videos.”
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