A Farmington, Michigan man is headed to federal prison for two decades after admitting he distributed child sexual abuse material involving very young children. U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks sentenced Ahmed Sultan Faraz, 30 to 240 months on September 10, 2025 in Miami.
According to the Department of Justice, the case centers on a private chatroom Faraz joined in September and October 2021. Entry into the chatroom required users to share child sexual abuse material of kids under 13. Once inside, Faraz distributed illegal material and discussed child abuse with more than 50 other users. The children in some of the images and videos were “as young as 4 years old.”
Investigators say Faraz didn’t stop at distribution. In a post-Miranda interview he admitted messaging five or six minors. Forensic work on his devices showed he produced child sexual abuse material with at least two children and attempted to produce it with a third.
How this case moved through the courts: Faraz was first taken into federal custody in Michigan and appeared in the Eastern District of Michigan in late February 2025. On February 28, 2025, a federal order committed him to the Southern District of Florida to answer the charges there. The underlying South Florida case is docketed as 25-cr-80036.
Who ran the investigation: HSI West Palm Beach and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office worked the case as part of the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami prosecuted, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Chase handling the case.
Collateral note: DOJ says Faraz had a pending 2024 application to become a lawful permanent resident. It has since been denied.
Program context: DOJ lists this as a Project Safe Childhood case, its national initiative to target online child exploitation, coordinate federal, state, and local resources, and rescue victims.
