NJ Man Sentenced 15 Years for Receiving Child Pornography

Middlesex County Man Sentenced to 180 Months In Prison for Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography

On January 22, 2026, a Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for receiving and possessing images and videos depicting child pornography, Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello announced.

Jeremy Greenwald, 47, of South Amboy, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Zahid N. Quraishi in Trenton federal court to a two-count information charging him with receipt and possession of child pornography.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From May 2022 through February 2023, Greenwald used an online chat application to communicate with a minor victim located outside of New Jersey. Greenwald persuaded the minor victim to create and send Greenwald images and videos of her engaging in sexually explicit conduct. On multiple occasions, Greenwald directed the minor victim to perform certain sexual acts using items Greenwald had purchased and sent the minor victim to use during the videos, including sex toys and costumes, and Greenwald paid the minor victim a nominal amount for these images and videos. A search of Greenwald’s electronic devices revealed additional videos and images of child pornography, including depictions of prepubescent children engaged in sexual acts.

Senior Counsel Lamparello credited special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, specifically those working on the FBI Newark Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy, with the investigation.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children as well as to identify and rescue victims.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Agnew of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Trenton.