Former Missouri man who fled to Mexico, faked his death sentenced for child pornography
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A former Columbia, Missouri, man who fled to Mexico and faked his own death has been sentenced to a decade in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.
Thirty-two-year-old Diego Antonio Rafael Camargo-Wasserman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole. He was also sentenced to a decade of supervised release once he’s out of custody.
He pled guilty in August 2024 to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
Camargo-Wasserman’s case began in 2010 with an investigation into the distribution of child pornography over the internet. During a search warrant execution, he itted to using Limewire to child pornography.
In 2013, a bail bond agent provided documentation from Mexico that said Camargo-Wasserman had died on Oct. 5, 2012. As a result, federal charges were dismissed.
In July 2017, the FBI received information that he was alive and still living in Mexico. Federal charges were filed again in 2018 and he was brought back to the U.S. to face charges in 2024. He is a dual-citizen of both the U.S. and Mexico, according to court documents.
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