A federal grand jury in the Central District of California returned an indictment yesterday charging Andrew Dominguez, 37, of Los Angeles, California, with producing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Dominguez also faces charges for committing these offenses while registered as a sex offender.
According to court documents, Dominguez attempted to entice three minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purposes of producing a visual depiction of such conduct in 2013, 2014, and 2023. He also distributed CSAM videos of a minor and used a facility of interstate commerce to entice minors to engage in sexual acts.
Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
Dominguez is charged with two counts of production of child pornography, one count of attempted production of child pornography, two counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of committing a felony offense involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender. If convicted, Dominguez faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
The FBI Los Angeles Office, Victorville Resident Agency is investigating the case, with assistance from the FBI Denver Office, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Denver District Attorney’s Office.
Senior Trial Attorney Jennifer Toritto Leonardo of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Trial Attorney Slava Kuperstein of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP) are prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. 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.
An indictment is merely an allegation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
