An Aiken County man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse videos and images.
Adam Sloan, 40, was accused of filming minors using hidden cameras while they visited his home for birthday parties, pool parties and sleepovers, according to a news release.
Sloan pleaded guilty in South Carolina U.S. District Court to production of child sexual abuse material. The phrase is a substitute for “child pornography,” which can imply participants’ consent.
U.S. Senior District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie sentenced Sloan to serve 210 months in prison, and the rest of his life under court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system. The court ordered $5,0121 in restitution for one requesting victim, the release said.
FBI agents investigating an illicit online marketplace on the Dark Web identified Sloan as committing online fraud and executed a search warrant at his home in Jackson. During a forensic search of devices seized from Sloan, agents found multiple files depicting child sexual abuse material captured using a hidden camera.
The material included videos and images of several minor girls changing clothes, showering and using the bathroom, which Sloan captured using a camera placed at various angles in his bathroom. Agents also found video of Sloan placing and manipulating the camera.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. Department of Justice initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
It was investigated by the FBI Columbia Field Office and the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lee Holmes and Dean H. Secor prosecuted Sloan.
