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May 30, 2007
Son of Newark day care operator sentenced to eight years for receiving child pornography
OAKLAND, Calif. - A Bay Area man who lived in a home that once served as a licensed day care facility has been sentenced to 97 months in prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet as a result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Judge Saundra B. Armstrong sentenced Tony Pooya Aflatooni, 28, of Newark, yesterday. The Judge also ordered Aflatooni to be supervised by a probation officer for 10 years following his release from prison.
Earlier this year, Aflatooni pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography. According to the plea agreement, Aflatooni admitted downloading images of child pornography in July 2006, and to possessing more than 1,000 images of child pornography. The defendant acknowledged that some of the images he possessed portrayed children less than 12 years old and involved sadistic and masochistic abuse.
ICE agents arrested Aflatooni at San Francisco airport in December 2006. He has been in custody since has arrest. Aflatooni's arrest came after he attempted to leave the country upon learning he was under investigation. Prior to his arrest, Aflatooni lived with his mother, who operated a state-licensed childcare facility out of their Newark residence on Spruce Street. The facility ceased operation last year, the same day investigators searched the residence.
The investigation and prosecution of Aflatooni were conducted under the auspices of ICE's Operation Predator and the Department of Justice's initiative, Project Safe Childhood. Both initiatives target those who prey on and exploit children, including Internet pornographers, international sex tourists, and human traffickers.
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