Indianapolis man sentenced for selling child sex abuse material on Twitter | wthr.com

A federal judge sentenced 23-year-old Melvin Anderson to 17.5 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of probation. INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge sentenced an Indianapolis man for selling child sex abuse videos and photos on Twitter, now known as X. Melvin Anderson, 23, pleaded guilty to advertising child sex abuse material and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The judge sentenced Anderson to 17.5 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of probation. According to court documents, Anderson used Twitter to sell child sex abuse material between December 2022 and March 2023. The United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Indiana said Anderson ran multiple, publicly accessible accounts that advertised links to cloud-based storage folders containing more than 600 videos and photos of minors being sexually abused and molested. Most of the links were priced between $10 to $25. Many of Anderson’s advertisements contained thumbnails of sexually explicit images. Court documents say he provided his own CashApp and Apple Pay account names so his customers could send him money. According to court documents, Anderson organized the files based on characteristics, such as the age of the minor victims, and he based the
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