Amarillo man accused of using Bitcoin to access child porn on dark web indicted

AMARILLO (KVII) — An Amarillo man accused of using Bitcoin to access child pornography on the dark web was indicted by a federal grand jury.

Jose Adrian Bosquez was indicted Sept. 9 on one rely of access with intent to view child pornography.

The indictment alleges Bosquez knowingly accessed materials depicting the sexual abuse of a minor from an unknown date via about Aug. 19.

Bosquez was arrested final month after the FBI mentioned investigators linked a Coinbase account in his title to a Bitcoin fee despatched to a web site on the Tor community that authorities mentioned marketed child sexual abuse materials.

Brokers executed a search warrant at Bosquez’s Amarillo dwelling Aug. 19. In accordance to the grievance, Bosquez admitted he used cryptocurrency to access the web site and considered child sexual abuse materials there.

The cost carries a most penalty of 10 years in federal jail.