United States of America v. Yahmir Deshawn Kawante Hamlet

Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and coercion and enticement of a child.

on March 7, 2020, Yahmir Deshawn Kawante Hamlet, 25, uploaded a video file with advertising links to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in exchange for payments.

On Dec. 6, 2023, FBI investigators searched Hamlet’s residence and seized seven electronic devices containing approximately 425 image files and 122 video files of CSAM, as well as MEGA and Dropbox links and multiple Telegram chats negotiating sales of CSAM. The CSAM files included infants and toddlers, masochism, and bestiality. The devices also included sexually explicit conversations between Hamlet and two minors. Hamlet paid the minors for sexually explicit images and videos.

After Hamlet’s arrest on May 1, 2025, the FBI identified additional CSAM, including 30 images and five videos.

The FBI’s Norfolk Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter G. Osyf prosecuted the case.

The Defendant was sentenced to 20 years in prison.