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FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS FLORIDA PHYSICIAN
FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RECEIPT AND POSSESSION
WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Tampa, Fla., convicted Dr. Richard Carino, 48, a Tampa-based physician, of child pornography receipt and possession charges, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Robert E. O’Neill announced today. Carino, of New Port Richey, Fla., is a pain specialist who operated a medical office in that city until his license to practice was indefinitely suspended.
During the four-day trial, the jury heard evidence and testimony that on July 19, 2005, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents searched Carino’s office pursuant to a warrant while investigating allegations unrelated to child pornography. His wife at the time was present for the search and informed the agents that Carino had been viewing child pornography from his home computer. With her consent, agents imaged the home computer.
Subsequently, the jury learned that evidence of child pornography from both Carino’s home and office computers was discovered, including illegal videos and images of child pornography, and logs and relevant file names associated with Kazaa, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program. Peer-to-peer networks allow users connected to the Internet to link their computers with other computers around the world and thereby share information and files, including child sexual abuse images and videos. By examining Kazaa logs recovered from Carino’s office computer, the FBI was able to identify additional child pornography videos that had once been stored on that computer.
The jury in the trial also heard testimony and evidence that on Aug. 26, 2005, investigators from the Pasco County, Fla., Sheriff's Office seized Carino’s home computer with consent, observed child pornography on the computer, and submitted the computer to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for analysis. The FDLE confirmed that child pornography images and videos were stored in the computer and that Kazaa logs indicated that additional child pornography had once been stored on and deleted from the computer.
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