Child Predator Sentenced to 320 Months in Prison for Producing Child Pornography

NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man was sentenced to 320 months in prison to be followed by a 15-year term of supervised release for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), announced U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer.

"The defendant preyed on children for his own sexual gratification and the sexual gratification of other adults. Today, he was held accountable. Prosecuting those who victimize children by feeding the market for child pornography will always be a top priority of our Office."

- U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer

"This sentence demonstrates the FBI's unwavering commitment to seeking justice for the victims of Nunez and others," said Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy. "The fact that the subject was brazen enough to watermark his victims' images highlights the importance of getting this predator off the street as the utmost priority."

Julio Nunez, 29, of West New York, New Jersey, was sentenced on June 22, 2026 before U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court:

From 2020 through 2024, Nunez posed as a woman to entice hundreds of young boys to send him CSAM. Nunez repeatedly victimized many of these children, returning year after year to solicit CSAM from his victims. Nunez proudly shared and profited from the images and videos that he had created. He wanted the world to know that it was he-"The Artist," as he grotesquely styled himself-who created the CSAM and he watermarked "his" content with this moniker to communicate to other abusers that this was his work. In this regard, Nunez is directly responsible for the feeding of the market that results in immeasurable harm to victims of sex abuse. Since Nunez's arrest, the FBI has identified CSAM that Nunez created on other offenders' electronic devices. This investigation has led to the arrest and prosecution of other offenders not just in the United States, but around the world.

U.S. Attorney Frazer credited the FBI's Child Exploitation Operational Unit, the FBI Newark Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy, for investigating the case.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Sussman and Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Taj Moore of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey prosecuted 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 U.S. Attorneys' Offices and 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, visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

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Defense counsel: Candace Hom, Esq.