Schenectady Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Rodolpho Bogado, age 39, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to receipt and possession of child pornography. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement.

Bogado admitted that from 2018 through January 2022, he used a file-sharing service to download and receive numerous video files depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He also admitted that he possessed over 300 child pornography video and images files on his electronic devices when he was arrested on February 3, 2022.

At sentencing on October 11, 2023 before Senior United States District Judge Gary L. Sharpe, Bogado faces at least 5 years and up to 20 years in prison, and at least 5 years and up to a life term of post-imprisonment supervised release. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the statutes the defendant violated, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors. Bogado will also have to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.

HSI is investigating this case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachel L. Williams is prosecuting this case as part of Project Safe Childhood.  Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorney’s 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 https://www.justice.gov/psc.