A Bucks County Correctional Officer has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for his role in distributing and possessing child pornography. Christos Sinchuk Rallis, 52, of Warrington, Pennsylvania, was handed 100 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release by United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky. Rallis was also ordered to pay $38,000 in restitution to the minor victims.
According to court filings and statements, 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ruth Mandelbaum.
Rallis will begin serving his sentence immediately. His supervised release will be overseen by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The investigation and prosecution of this case are part of the United States Attorney’s Office’s commitment to combating child exploitation and abuse.
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Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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