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Documented criminal prosecutions with a Reddit nexus — moderators, users, and others charged, convicted, or sentenced. Each case lists the charge, court, and outcome; notable cases link to a full write-up. Sourced from court records and reporting; victims are never named.
40 of 40 cases
| Charge | Outcome | Jurisdiction | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Hall | violenceTerroristic threat; two counts of stalking; unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material | sentenced10 years (concurrent on the threat and stalking counts) | Nueces County District Court, Texas | 2026 | |
| Alan Bill | darknet-drugsConspiracy to distribute controlled substances | sentenced200 months (about 16.5 years) federal prison | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri | 2026 | |
| Braden John Karony | fraudConspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering | sentenced100 months (about 8 years) prison plus forfeiture of about $7.5 million | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York | 2026 | |
| Christopher Willard Clendenin | CSAMSeven counts of possession of child sexual abuse material | convicted | Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, Maryland | 2026 | |
| Devin Scott Waldeck | CSAMChild exploitation and distribution of child pornography | pleaded | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida | 2026 | |
| Eli Poorman | CSAMAttempted receipt of child pornography | sentenced5 years federal prison plus 5 years supervised release | U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota | 2026 | |
| Cameron K. Krause | CSAMThree Class X felony counts of child pornography | charged | Madison County, Illinois | 2025 | |
| Isaac Sissel | violenceTransmitting threats in interstate commerce (with a hate-crime enhancement at sentencing) | sentenced30 months federal prison | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan | 2025 | |
| Luke Michael Hilton | CSAMPersistent sexual abuse of a child | sentenced3 years' imprisonment (12 months' pre-sentence custody credited; balance suspended on a good-behaviour order) | ACT Supreme Court, Australia | 2025 | |
| Mark Rice | CSAMProduction, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material | sentenced30 years federal prison plus lifetime supervised release | U.S. District Court, District of Maryland | 2025 | |
| Aryan Anand | fraudForgery and theft of services | pleadedNo incarceration; expulsion and removal from the United States | Northampton County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania | 2024 | |
| Hunter Williams | CSAMPossession of child pornography; violation of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act | charged | Cleveland County, Oklahoma | 2024 | |
| Joshua Michael Ochenduszko | CSAMTen felony counts of sexual abuse of children | sentenced3.5 to 15 years state prison plus 24 months re-entry probation | Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania | 2024 | |
| Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock | stalking-harassmentCyberstalking (18 U.S.C. § 2261A) | sentenced72 months federal prison (conviction affirmed on appeal) | U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; affirmed by the Fifth Circuit | 2024 | |
| Michael Joseph Taylor | CSAMTwo counts of distributing and one count of possessing child sexual abuse material | sentenced17 years 6 months federal prison plus 20 years supervised release | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California | 2024 | |
| Randy Hans Hoberg | CSAMOne count of dissemination and three counts of possession of child pornography | charged | Olmsted County District Court, Minnesota | 2024 | |
| Sean Patrick Haynes | CSAMDistributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child | sentenced120 months (10 years) in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, plus 120 months suspended; sex-offender registration | Craighead County Circuit Court, Arkansas | 2024 | |
| Shane Pruett | CSAMPossession of child sexual abuse material | sentenced78 months (6.5 years) federal prison plus 15 years supervised release | U.S. District Court, District of Idaho | 2024 | |
| Shaw Warrington | CSAMAttempted enticement of a minor; attempted production of child pornography; possession of child pornography; felon in possession of a firearm | charged | U.S. District Court, Central District of California | 2024 | |
| Steven Worth Ellis | CSAMTraveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct; attempted sexual exploitation of a child; coercion and enticement of a minor | charged | U.S. District Court, District of Oregon | 2024 | |
| Todd Baldwin | CSAMEnticement of minors and receipt of child sexual abuse material | charged | U.S. District Court, Northern District of California | 2024 | |
| Walter Sherman Thomas | CSAMPossessing and distributing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor | charged | Boyd County District Court, Kentucky | 2024 | |
| Ager Hasan | violenceSecond-degree murder | convictedLife imprisonment; no parole eligibility for 16 years | Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Kitchener, Canada | 2023 | |
| Christopher Au-Young | stalking-harassmentSix counts of interstate stalking and cyberstalking | sentenced5 years federal prison plus 3 years supervised release | U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida | 2023 | |
| Christopher Matton | CSAMMore than 100 felony counts of possessing and distributing child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility | charged | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | 2023 | |
| Evan Baltierra | stalking-harassmentStalking (18 U.S.C. 2261A) | sentenced24 months federal prison plus 3 years supervised release | U.S. District Court, Central District of California | 2023 | |
| Jonathan Zheng | otherWritten threats to kill or conduct a mass shooting | charged | Pasco County, Florida (threat targeted University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) | 2023 | |
| Andrew Bradshaw | doxxing-threatsDistributing nonconsensual intimate images (Maryland revenge-porn statute) | sentencedSuspended incarceration; 3 years supervised probation, fine, restitution, community service | Maryland (Office of the State Prosecutor) | 2022 | |
| Cody Ward | darknet-drugsImporting and supplying commercial quantities of border-controlled drugs; directing a criminal group | sentenced14 years imprisonment (non-parole period 10 years) | New South Wales District Court, Australia | 2021 | |
| Dylan Lee Jarrell | violenceTransmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce; cyberstalking; firearm and false-statement counts | sentenced120 months (10 years) federal prison plus 5 years supervised release | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky | 2020 | |
| Marcos Paulo De Oliveira-Annibale | darknet-drugsFederal drug-distribution conspiracy and money-laundering conspiracy | charged | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California | 2019 | |
| Samuel Bent | darknet-drugsConspiracy to distribute controlled substances; money laundering | sentenced5 years (60 months) federal prison plus $14,000 forfeiture | U.S. District Court, District of Vermont | 2019 | |
| Trevor Spring | otherSecond-degree threatening | charged | Connecticut Superior Court, New London | 2019 | |
| Brian Parker | darknet-drugsConspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled-substance analogues | pleaded | U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey | 2018 | |
| David Ryan Burchard | darknet-drugsConspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine via darknet marketplaces | sentenced80 months (6 years 8 months) federal prison | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California | 2018 | |
| Ronald L. Wheeler III | darknet-drugsConspiracy to commit access device fraud | sentenced3 years 10 months federal prison; forfeiture of cash and bitcoin | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia | 2018 | |
| Zachary Gontard | darknet-drugsThird-degree murder (controlled-substance distribution causing death); pleaded to second-degree manslaughter | sentenced1 year in the county workhouse (after plea to second-degree manslaughter) | Hennepin County District Court, Minnesota | 2018 | |
| Edward Majerczyk | otherUnauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information | sentenced9 months federal prison plus $5,700 restitution | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois | 2017 | |
| Ryan Collins | otherUnauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information | sentenced18 months federal prison | U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania | 2016 | |
| Alexander Song | otherDisturbing the orderly conduct of a school; misuse of telephone facilities | sentenced3 years supervised probation with a 6-month suspended jail sentence | Prince George's County District Court, Maryland | 2012 |