United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010
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ARLINGTON, TEXAS, MAN SENTENCED TO MAXIMUM STATUTORY SENTENCE
OF 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON, WITHOUT PAROLE,
FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

FORT WORTH, Texas — Arlington, Texas, resident, Tung Ngo, 43, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to the maximum statutory sentence of 120 months (10 years) in prison, without parole, following his guilty plea in December 2009 to one count of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. In addition, Judge Means ordered that Ngo, who has been in custody since his arrest in late August 2009, serve a lifetime of supervised release.

On August 28, 2009, an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement visited the Ngo residence in Arlington, based on a lead from a local ICE undercover investigation. The lead concerned a target at the Ngo residence, who was allowing child pornography to be viewed via the Internet. Ngo allowed the agents to search his computer and related storage media and child pornography was discovered. Ngo admitted he knowingly possessed and acquired child pornography on his computer from the Internet. He admitted using the search terms, “PTHC” and “preteen hardcore” in acquiring his child pornography.

The 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 United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (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.projectsafechildhood.gov

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex C. Lewis.

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