CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Canberra man has been sentenced to one year and eight months' imprisonment by the NSW District Court today (15 September, 2026) after posing online as a teenage girl to obtain and distribute child abuse material.
The man, 22, was ordered to serve three months in custody, before being released on a recognisance order. He had previously pleaded guilty to:
* One count of possessing child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22A(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth);* Three counts of transmitting child abuse material to himself via a carriage service, contrary to section 474.22(A) of the Criminal Code (Cth);* Three counts of causing child abuse material to ...