Bucks County Man Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Christos Sinchuk Rallis, 52, of Warrington, Pennsylvania, was sentenced this week to 100 months' imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release by United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky for child pornography offenses. Judge Slomsky also ordered Sinchuk Rallis to pay $38,000 in restitution to minor victims.

The defendant was charged by indictment in January of last year with distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to both charges in August.

As detailed in court filings and statements, Sinchuk Rallis actively sought out and shared images of horrific sexual abuse of children, including images depicting rape, torture, or bondage of children as young as infants. A forensic analysis of the defendant's devices found more than 609 videos and 249 standard images of child sexual abuse material.

Sinchuk Rallis committed these offenses while employed as a Bucks County Correctional Officer. Prior to relocating to Pennsylvania, he worked as a San Francisco police officer for 16 years.

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 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 projectsafechildhood.govLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link..

The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ruth Mandelbaum.