A federal employee at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in the Boston area has been indicted on child pornography charges according to an announcement from the Justice Department.
Charging documents state that Kevin Divoll, an employee at the VAMC in Leeds, was identified by investigators as the owner and user of a device allegedly distributing or attempting to distribute child pornography over the agency’s public WiFi network from May 2022 through July 2022.
Allegations in the indictment further allege that, following a search of his residence on August 4, 2022, Divoll possessed child pornography that involved a prepubescent minor and a minor who had not attained 12 years of age.
Penalties for these offenses are quite substantial. According to the Justice Department, the charge of distribution of child pornography provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to 20 years in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of possession of child pornography involving an image of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor or a minor who had not attained 12 years of age provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
The details in this case are allegations and Divoll is still considered innocent unless or until he is found guilty in court.
Another former federal employee recently was sentenced to prison for downloading child porn on a public WiFi network at the Library of Congress. He pled guilty and is facing an 8 year prison term as a result.
