A Hampton man has been found guilty by a federal jury on six counts related to the transportation of child sexual abuse material. The conviction follows evidence presented in court showing that between August 2020 and November 2021, Ryan Matthew Bieber, 31, uploaded several files depicting adults engaged in sexually explicit conduct with children. Authorities reported that Bieber’s Google account was deactivated after Google submitted a CyberTipLine report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Bieber is scheduled for sentencing on December 18. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and could receive up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing will be determined by a federal district court judge, who will consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other legal factors.
Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Dominique Evans, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office; and Steve R. Drew, Chief of Newport News Police, announced the verdict after it was accepted by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth W. Hanes.
“Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Dominique Evans, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office; and Steve R. Drew, Chief of Newport News Police, made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Elizabeth W. Hanes accepted the verdict.”
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Devon Heath and Peter G. Osyf are prosecuting the case.
The prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to address child sexual exploitation and abuse nationwide by coordinating efforts among federal, state, and local agencies to locate offenders and assist victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc.
Further details about this case are available through the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia or through PACER by searching Case No. 4:25-cr-5.
