United States of America v. Johann Rainer Nix

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child sexual abuse material.
Nix used social media platforms to entice minors to send him sexually explicit images of themselves.

“Johann Rainer Nix used popular social media platforms to lure and exploit minors,” said Theodore S. Hertzberg. “Parents should monitor their children’s social media use because predators like Nix are lurking online. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to pursue, arrest, and prosecute child sex offenders like Nix.”

“Nix exploited vulnerable minors on social media for his depraved desires, and the FBI will relentlessly use every tool at our disposal to put predators like him behind bars,” said Paul Brown, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “We urge parents to closely monitor their children’s social media use and have open conversations about online safety to protect them from predators.”

According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: throughout 2022 and 2023, Nix used popular social media applications to groom four children who he met online. Nix coerced and enticed all four minors to create and send him sexually explicit images and/or videos. He also sent several minors photographs of his genitalia.

Johann Rainer Nix, 36, of Dacula, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee to 20 years in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. On November 18, 2025, Nix pled guilty to one count of production o

f child sexual abuse material.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lauren E. Renaud and L. Skye Davis prosecuted the case.

MPRISONMENT: 240 MONTHS. SUPERVISED RELEASE: LIFE. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT: $100. RESTITUTION: $270.24.