Imran Siddiqi, Attempting to Transfer Obscene Materials to a Minor, Florida 2024

A North Port registered sex offender has been found guilty of attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor.

Imran Siddiqi, 40, of North Port, Florida, pleaded guilty to attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor and committing a felony offense involving a minor as a registered sex offender.

The maximum penalty for Siddiqi’s crimes is 10 years’ imprisonment on the first count, to be followed by a minimum mandatory 10-year sentence on the second count.

According to court documents, between January 31 and March 6, 2024, Siddiqi engaged in a conversation with an undercover law enforcement officer who was posing online as a 13-year-old girl.

During the conversation, Siddiqi repeatedly described his desire to have sex with the child, sending multiple explicit photographs of himself along with images of adult pornography to the undercover officer.

Siddiqi, a registered sex offender, was convicted in state court of traveling to meet a parent to solicit/entice a child to commit a sex act in 2016.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.

It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Janette Swartzberg.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

The maximum penalty for Siddiqi’s crimes is 10 years’ imprisonment on the first count, to be followed by a minimum mandatory 10-year sentence on the second count.