Fort Lauderdale Man Charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material Offenses

MIAMI - A Fort Lauderdale man was arraigned today on a three-count indictment charging him with distribution, production, and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

According to court documents, Ian Zachary Adams, 29, created multiple anonymous profiles on a social media platform to upload and distribute CSAM depicting children between the ages of two and 16. Investigators also recovered from one of Adams's electronic devices a screen recording of a video chat in which a 10-year-old child engaged in sexually explicit conduct at his request.

U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Brett D. Skiles of FBI, Miami Field Office, and Sheriff Gregory Tony of the Broward Sheriff's Office announced the charges.

FBI Miami, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, and the Broward Sheriff's Office are investigating the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Smith is prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at https://http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/ or at https://http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 25-cr-60222.

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