Sean Edward Young, 47, from Rockville, Maryland, was sentenced to 40 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for conspiring to advertise and distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM). He was a high-ranking member of an online platform devoted to CSAM and discussions of child abuse, where he also instructed users on avoiding detection by authorities and boasted about past offenses. Young’s sentencing follows that of co-defendant Jacob Parker, 49, from Auburn, Alabama, who was sentenced earlier this year to more than 24 years in prison for his role in the same illegal enterprise. Together, their combined... [Continue Reading]