Eau Claire Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Receiving Child Pornography

MADISON, WIS. - Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Scott Graham, 41, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. This term of imprisonment is to be followed by 25 years of supervised release. Graham pleaded guilty to this charge on January 14, 2026.

Graham and Natasha Rivas, 24, North Bergen, New Jersey, exchanged approximately 150 videos, 81 images, and 23 downloaded links containing child sexual abuse material of prepubescent or pubescent females. They repeatedly talked about sexually exploiting children. Rivas ultimately sent Graham sexually explicit images of children in her care.

Judge Peterson noted that while Rivas created the images, Graham encouraged her and directed her actions. So, while Graham did not participate in a hands-on offense, Judge Peterson found that Graham should still be held accountable for what happened to the children. Judge Peterson also noted that Graham had a long history and high-volume engagement with child pornography.

Natasha Rivas was sentenced on April 9, 2026, in the District of New Jersey to 110 months in federal prison.

The charges against Graham and Rivas were the result of an investigation conducted by the Eau Claire Police Department and the FBI, with assistance from the New Jersey United States Attorney's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman prosecuted this case.

This investigation was a part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. 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.