Renee Hoberman, a licensed social worker, has been arrested and charged with distributing child pornography in New York.
According to the complaint, Hoberman, who works as a therapist with an organization based in Melville, New York, allegedly distributed heinous and disturbing child pornography, including videos showing infants being restrained and raped.
Between June 2024 and October 2024, Hoberman allegedly used social media messaging apps to upload digital videos depicting one or more minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including several videos of infants six months to one year of age being physically restrained and raped by an adult male.
As recently as on or about October 16, 2024, the defendant uploaded child pornography and engaged in multiple chats concerning child sexual molestation. In these chats, the defendant, purporting to be a man, claimed to have multiple minor children and stated that ‘he’ would have anal sex with the children and would punish them by getting naked, stripping the children naked, and spanking them while the other children watched.
The defendant invited another user to visit ‘his’ family in New York to spank the children. In addition, the defendant described sexually abusing ‘his’ children and their friends, and then sent two videos containing child sexual abuse material, claiming that these videos depicted the user’s own children.
Hoberman was arraigned this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Central Islip before United States Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay on a complaint and ordered detained.
The charges in the complaint are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. If convicted, Hoberman faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.
Anyone with information about sexual exploitation by the defendant is asked to contact HSI at HSI’s tip line: 1-877-4-HSI-TIP or via HSI’s website: https://www.ice.gov/webform/ice-tip-form.
Mandatory facts:
Defendant: Renee Hoberman
Criminal charges: Distribution of child pornography
City and state: Central Islip, New York
Date: June 2024 to October 2024
Sentence or outcome: Currently detained, faces up to 5 years in prison if convicted
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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