Source: Office of United States Attorneys
MIAMI – A Miami man has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg imposed the sentence on Andre Alexander Pino, 45, who pleaded guilty earlier this year.
According to court records, beginning in May 2023, Pino used a mobile messaging application to communicate with an individual he believed was a woman with a three-year-old son. During these communications, Pino encouraged the woman to sexually abuse her notional son and provided step-by-step instructions on how to do so.
In January 2024, Pino sent multiple videos depicting child sexual abuse to a chatroom on the messaging application that included the individual he believed was a woman with a three-year-old son.
On February 26, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a search warrant at Pino’s residence. Agents recovered a mobile phone containing multiple videos of CSAM.
As part of his sentence, Pino agreed to pay $5,000 in restitution to a victim depicted in the material he distributed.
U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida and acting Special Agent in Charge Jose R. Figueroa of HSI Miami made the announcement.
HSI West Palm Beach and HSI Miami investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Katie Sadlo and Justin Chapman prosecuted the case.
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 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and 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 www.justice.gov/psc.
You may find a copy of this press release (and any updates) on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 25-cr-80035.
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