New Mexico Department Of Justice Arrests Man Manufacturing Child Sexual Abuse Material Using Artificial Intelligence – Los Alamos Reporter
Publish Date: 2026-01-15 01:10:00
Source Domain: losalamosreporter.com
- Special Agents from the New Mexico Department of Justice’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Richard Gallagher on 12 felony counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children, including manufacturing Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).
- Gallagher is accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) apps to manipulate images of children, turning clothed photos into explicit content.
- If convicted on all charges, Gallagher faces a combined penalty of 47 years in prison followed by lifetime registration as a sex offender, along with probation and parole.
- Attorney General Raúl Torez emphasized the need to update New Mexico’s legal framework to protect people from the dangers posed by the misuse of transformative technologies like generative AI.
- The NMDOJ received a CyberTip in September 2025 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about child sexual abuse material linked to a specific IP address.
- Through a thorough investigation, agents traced the IP address to Gallagher’s phone, uncovering numerous edited sexually explicit photos on his devices.
- The NMDOJ’s ICAC Division collaborates with 86 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to track and capture internet child sexual predators and pornographers.
