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Iowa City man sentenced to 11 years for possession of over 17,000 images of child pornography.

Yasir Elamin Babekir Hamid was found guilty of possessing over 17,000 explicit images.
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Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
September 21, 2023
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An Iowa City man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution on Wednesday for possessing over 17,000 images of child sex abuse material.

Yasir Elamin Babekir Hamid, 65, pleaded guilty on May 18 to receiving child pornography.

Hamid was identified as a person of interest by federal law enforcement after they received an online tip that Hamid posted child sex abuse material on social media.

During the execution of a search warrant, law enforcement seized five electronic devices that contained several thousand images of child sex abuse material.

After his 11-year prison term, he will serve five years of supervised release.
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Liam Halawith
Liam Halawith, Politics Editor
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Liam Halawith is a third-year student at the University of Iowa studying Journalism and Mass Communication and minoring in Public Policy. Before his role as Politics Editor Liam was a politics reporter for the DI. Outside of the DI Liam has interned at the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Southeast Iowa Union. This is his second year working for the DI.
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