A Slidell man is behind bars after Louisiana investigators say he used artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material.Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested 32-year-old Joseph Impastato III, of Hayes Road in Slidell, after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.Investigators say the tip reported that a user on an AI platform uploaded child sexual abuse material to his account in order to create sexual content involving a juvenile through artificial intelligence.Agents executed a search warrant at Impastato’s home and arrested him on charges including one count of child sexual abuse material involving a child under 13 and two counts of unlawful deepfakes involving a minor.The investigation was assisted by Homeland Security Investigations, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, the 22nd JDC SVU Task Force and the Covington Police Department.Impastato was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail. Bond information was not immediately available.
SLIDELL, La. —
A Slidell man is behind bars after Louisiana investigators say he used artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material.
Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested 32-year-old Joseph Impastato III, of Hayes Road in Slidell, after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Investigators say the tip reported that a user on an AI platform uploaded child sexual abuse material to his account in order to create sexual content involving a juvenile through artificial intelligence.
Agents executed a search warrant at Impastato’s home and arrested him on charges including one count of child sexual abuse material involving a child under 13 and two counts of unlawful deepfakes involving a minor.
The investigation was assisted by Homeland Security Investigations, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, the 22nd JDC SVU Task Force and the Covington Police Department.
Impastato was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail. Bond information was not immediately available.