{"id":58687,"date":"2025-04-02T19:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58687"},"modified":"2025-04-02T19:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:49:44","slug":"man-gets-22-years-in-prison-for-possessing-and-distributing-child-sexual-abuse-images-via-dark-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58687","title":{"rendered":"Man Gets 22 Years in Prison for Possessing and Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Images via Dark Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"fb4a2472-9523-4559-b1c5-302a0912b969\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"145\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A Minnesota man was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) via the dark web.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"463\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Craig James Myran, 47, of Bemidji, was convicted of advertising, distributing, and possessing CSAM. He was an active user on multiple dark web forums dedicated to trafficking CSAM, where he made over a thousand posts sharing and requesting disturbing content. In one post, he called certain files his \u201choly grail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"465\" data-end=\"745\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During a 2022 FBI search of his apartment, agents found thousands of CSAM images on his phone and hard drives, along with evidence of his efforts to publish and solicit illegal material. 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