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Topeka Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Using AI to Create Child Sexual Abuse Images

An IT worker's tip led investigators to an encrypted 'AI Swap' trove that prosecutors said held hundreds of fabricated images.

Overview

  • A federal judge on Nov. 6 sentenced Jeremy Weber, 47, to 25 years for five counts of transporting child pornography and one count of possession.
  • Court documents say Weber uploaded photos of women and children he knew to a publicly available AI platform to generate hundreds of CSAM depictions.
  • He also morphed previously trafficked CSAM by inserting the faces of adult or minor females to create new illegal images.
  • Investigators identified about 32 women whose images were used to produce the CSAM, and found he fabricated nonconsensual adult images of roughly 50–60 women.
  • The FBI and Topeka Police Department investigated the case under Project Safe Childhood, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara L. Walton prosecuted.