A German national who worked in an IT position for the German military’s United States outpost in northern Virginia was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison for downloading child sexual abuse material.
Peter Markus Kuttke, 49, a German national residing in Reston, pleaded guilty on January 8 to receiving CSAM.
According to court documents, law enforcement learned that CSAM files were available for download on Bit-Torrent, a file-sharing network, from a user with an IP address associated with Kuttke’s residence.
On December 1, 2023, federal agents executed a search warrant at Kuttke’s home and recovered electronic devices that contained evidence of Kuttke’s offenses, including a device with numerous CSAM videos and images.
Forensic analysis further confirmed that Kuttke had downloaded CSAM from BitTorrent, including videos depicting adults sexually assaulting prepubescent children.
