NASA Child Porn: Staff members at the space agency NASA were caught downloading explicit images of minors, but they were never prosecuted and will remain anonymous to protect their privacy.
- Staff were found to have purchased illegal images while at the agency
- Were bought from Belarus and Ukraine using credit cards and PayPal
- FBI uncovered the illicit transactions in 2010 as part of a government probe
- They were identified by authorities, but their names have been redacted
The NASA employees were caught buying the child pornography from a criminal ring in Eastern Europe that distributed images of minors as young as three, it can be revealed.
An investigation by Daily Mail Online found staff members from the space agency paid for pictures and videos of children in sexual situations but they were never prosecuted.
Their names have never been released because of government guidelines which protect their privacy.
NASA Child Porn Probe
The probe found that in 2010, the employees paid for the pornography using personal credit cards or PayPal while working for the government.
Their actions were uncovered during Project Flicker. An investigation by the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into American citizens buying child porn from Belarus and Ukraine.
The documents initially stated that 16 employees were identified. However; NASA contacted Daily Mail Online to clarify that eight employees were involved and they are all no longer employed by the space agency.
Transactions from the workers were discovered after an FBI special agent tipped off investigators.
Therefore, it is not known whether they were disciplined or sanctioned within the department; meaning they could still be working for the government.
When the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) investigated the Pentagon employees identified in the scheme, they only investigated 52 of the suspects and 212 people on ICE’s list were never questioned at all.
Source: Daily Mail – NASA Child Porn