FORT PIERCE — A Port St. Lucie man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for collecting and trading more than half a million images of child pornography over the Internet, some involving children as young as infants.

Jason David Bingham, 23, was detected in February after German authorities traced sexually explicit photos of children to his computer in Port St. Lucie.

Federal officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated and seized Bingham’s computer, which was found to contain 577,943 images of child pornography plus several explicit videos.

Records seized from his computer showed he also chatted online with people who boasted of sexually assaulting children, according to a new release issued by U.S. Immigrations.

Bingham pleaded guilty in July to charges of advertising child pornography and transportation of child pornography.

He was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison and will be on supervised release for life as a sex offender afterward.

Tags: child pornography, Internet, Jason David Bingham

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