Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested Konstantin Kunyanskiy, 39, a Coral Springs man who works for Florida Atlantic University, after a search of his home on Tuesday, Nov. 10. He faces federal charges of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material.
According to a federal criminal complaint, investigators began monitoring an internet connection in June that allegedly offered illegal videos for download over a peer-to-peer file-sharing network. Agents traced the connection’s internet address to Kunyanskiy’s home and determined the activity went back to the previous November. They downloaded more than 30 files, which the complaint says showed infants and toddlers being sexually abused.
During an interview, Kunyanskiy allegedly admitted to downloading, possessing and distributing the material online, the complaint says. He also directed agents to an external hard drive. Federal authorities said a later review of his devices turned up more than 1,000 videos, most showing female victims from toddlers to teenagers.
Kunyanskiy told investigators he worked as a website developer for the university and had changed software settings to help store the files, according to the complaint. The complaint also says he acknowledged being sexually attracted to children in the videos but denied the same attraction toward children in real life.
He was taken to the Broward County Main Jail. The charges are federal allegations, and he has not been convicted.
