BOSTON — A Revere man was indicted in federal court Thursday on child pornography charges.
Ian Silver-Eck, 21, was indicted on one count of possession of child pornography. Silver-Eck was charged in a criminal complaint last month and arrested. He has been detained in federal custody since that time, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
According to court documents, following an investigation into the online trade of child pornography through Kik Messenger, a text messaging app, law enforcement officers executed a federal search warrant at Silver-Eck’s home in Revere, where they found evidence of child pornography on his cell phone. Silver-Eck is currently on probation following a conviction for a similar offense in state court, prosecutors said.
The charge of possession of child pornography provides for a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, a minimum of five years and up to a lifetime supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. Because of his prior conviction, Silver-Eck faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.
The case was investigated by the FBI Boston Division’s Human Trafficking-Child Exploitation Task Force with assistance provided by the Boston, Arlington, Newton, and Revere police departments.