Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography

BOSTON – A Providence man pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2026 in federal court in Boston to transporting child sexual abuse material.

Mark Huynn, 40, of Providence, R.I., pleaded guilty to one count of transporting child pornography. U.S. Senior District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for December 19, 2026. Huynh was arrested and charged in February 2026.

In 2025, Huynh was arrested at Boston Logan Airport entering the country with an active arrest warrant in Rhode Island for second degree molestation of a child. Searches of Huynh’s electronic devices revealed a video of a second minor victim whom Huynh had also molested, in addition to multiple files depicting child sexual abuse material involving victims as young as toddlers. Huynh has also pleaded guilty to state charges arising from his abuse of the victims.

The charge of transporting child pornography provides for a sentence of no less than five years and up to 20 years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Jeff Grimming, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations New England made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Boston Field Office. Assistant United States Attorney Eric L. Hawkins of the Major Crimes Unit is 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 the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.