Westchester Man Get 35-Year Federal Sentence In Child Sex Abuse Case

WHITE PLAINS, NY — A White Plains man's horrifying crimes against children have resulted in a sentence of decades in federal prison.

Fred Mastroianni was sentenced to 35 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Philip M. Halpern for sexual exploitation of a child and distribution and possession of child sex abuse material, Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty to one count of receiving and distributing child sex abuse material and one count of sexual exploitation of a child.

"The sentencing of Fred Mastroianni holds him accountable for years of horrific sexual abuse of children and for distributing and possessing a massive collection of child sex abuse material," Williams said. "Mastroianni is being punished for the devastating harm and trauma he inflicted on his minor victims and their families. This Office will do everything in its power to protect children and bring those who sexually exploit them to justice."

Mastroianni admitted that he repeatedly victimized a young child for his own sexual gratification.

Mastroianni's sexual abuse of the victim began when the child was just 10 years old and continued until Mastroianni's arrest.

Repeatedly, until the child turned 14 years old, Mastroianni directed Ismet Korac to coerce the victim to engage in sexual activities on live video calls with Mastroianni. Mastroianni recorded that abuse and kept the recordings, as well as other nude photographs of the victim, for years.

Prosecutors said Mastroianni broke the child's will and spirit to resist the abuse through a combination of threats and promises of gifts.

When the victim was 17 years old, Mastroianni continued offering the teen money and clothes in exchange for more photos and videos of the victim engaging in sex acts. After years of victimizing and grooming the victim, as soon as the child turned 18, Mastroianni, who was 48 years old at the time, began paying the teen to have sex with himself and other men, which continued until Mastroianni's arrest.

In addition, for more than a decade, Mastroianni amassed and maintained an extensive collection of child sex abuse material, which he shared with others online. These videos involved rape, incest, and unspeakable abuse to very young children, according to the DOJ.

In addition to the prison term, Mastroianni, 53, was sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and ordered to pay a total of $10,000 in assessments and restitution in an amount to be determined.

Co-defendant Korac, 49, also of White Plains, previously pled guilty to enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and was sentenced to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas on April 16.

Williams praised the investigative work of the FBI.