PHOENIX, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) – An Arizona pediatrician on Friday was indicted on five counts for distributing child pornography in interstate commerce, prosecutors said.

Dr. Emilio Luna, 40, a pediatrician originally from Sun City, Arizona but working in Phoenix, came to the attention of law enforcement when thousands of files of suspected child pornography were shared from his computer in a public peer-to-peer file sharing system.

Federal agents proceeded by arresting Luna last Wednesday. Following a detention hearing last week, he was released by order of the court, and is forbidden to have access to the Internet or children while under supervision of U.S. Pre-trial Services.

A conviction for Distributing Child Pornography carries a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both for each count of conviction.         

“We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to deny predators a safe haven in cyber space,” said U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke.

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