ICE investigation leads to 30-year sentence for production, distribution of child exploitation material

LOS ANGELES – A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced April 14 to 360 months in federal prison for producing and distributing child sexual abuse material depicting himself sexually abusing a toddler.

“This lengthy sentence enables the victim and their family to continue toward recovery while bringing to justice the man responsible for that victimization,” said ICE Homeland Security Investigations acting Deputy Special Agent in Charge Los Angeles Dwayne Angebrandt.

David Lisandro Perez Figueroa, 23, of Monrovia, was sentenced in Central District of California, ordered to pay $2,799 in restitution, and placed on lifetime supervised release. Perez Figueroa pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.

From an unknown date until December 2023, Perez Figueroa recorded his sexual abuse of a 2-year-old child for the purpose of making a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct.

In July 2023, Perez Figueroa distributed the child sexual abuse material via the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in an account linked to Perez Figueroa.

British law enforcement, investigating a target in the United Kingdom, discovered the X chat logs with child sexual abuse material and worked with ICE HSI London in providing information to ICE HSI Los Angeles. Based on this information, federal agents executed a search warrant at Perez Figueroa’s residence on December 5, 2023, that resulted in his arrest and the rescue of a minor victim.

ICE HSI is a global leader in the fight against child exploitation and is committed to protecting children from exploitation by predators involved in the production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material and travel in foreign commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors.

Report suspected child exploitation to the ICE Tip Line at 866-347-2423 or through the CyberTipline on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's website.

Learn more about HSI’s mission to protect children in your community on X at @HSILosAngeles. To learn how you can prevent online child sexual exploitation and abuse, visit Know2Protect.gov.