Francis T. DiCaprio, Child Pornography, New York 2024

A 30-year-old man from Amsterdam, New York, has admitted to distributing and possessing child pornography.

Francis T. DiCaprio, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty yesterday to distributing and possessing child pornography, according to Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

DiCaprio admitted that from June 2023 through February 2024, he used messaging applications to receive and distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and stored the CSAM on his cell phone.

In the course of exchanging CSAM with others, he repeatedly – but falsely – told others that he was sexually abusing an 8-year-old child he knew.

DiCaprio faces a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years and up to 20 years for the distribution count and up to 20 years for the possession count at his sentencing on December 15, 2025. He also faces a fine of up to $250,000 and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life.

DiCaprio will also be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.

This case is being investigated by FBI Albany’s Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes FBI Special Agents and investigators from state and local law enforcement agencies, including the Rotterdam Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mikayla Espinosa is prosecuting this case as part of Project Safe Childhood.

Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

It is led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), and 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.

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