Tristan James Fillback, Child Pornography, Washington 2015

SPokane – A Liberty Lake man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.

Tristan James Fillback, 28, of Liberty Lake, Washington, was sentenced on May 5, 2015, to a five-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a fifteen-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. In addition, Fillback was ordered to forfeit to the United States the computers and thumb drive that he used to distribute child pornography. Fillback was also ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to one of his victims. Fillback will also be required to register as a sex offender.

According to information disclosed during the court proceedings, Fillback was using a Peer to Peer file-sharing account to share and distribute child pornography images over the Internet. Undercover law enforcement agents located child pornography files Fillback was making available for download and later obtained a federal search warrant for Fillback’s residence. On January 23, 2014, Homeland Security Investigation agents executed a federal search warrant at Fillback’s residence and seized Fillback’s digital devices that he used to distribute child pornography. A forensic examination of Fillback’s personal computers and thumb drive revealed 649 images of child pornography and 14 child pornography video files.

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

Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The initiative marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.

The United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Washington is committed to prosecuting aggressively and seeking appropriate punishment for child pornography crimes. In addition, prosecuting offenders who distribute child pornography is one of the top priorities of the United States Attorney’s Office.

This investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations. The case was prosecuted by Stephanie J. Lister, an Assistant United States Attorney and Project Safe Childhood Coordinator for the Eastern District of Washington.

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