Rochester man admits to horrible crimes against children
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Rashad Rabah, 33, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Meredith A. Vacca. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
In August 2025, Rabah attempted to collect a package containing a large amount of fentanyl from the U.S. Postal Service Jefferson Road Processing and Distribution Center in Henrietta, NY, which was shipped from Arizona. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted the package and staged a controlled delivery to Rabah. At the time of the delivery, investigators collected Rabah’s cellular telephone. A preliminary search of the phone revealed Rabah’s involvement in illegal activity, including child pornography and child exploitation crimes involving minors in the Rochester area.
A subsequent analysis of Rabah’s phone and the execution of search warrants of Rabah’s online accounts recovered sexually explicit online and text conversations between Rabah and a minor victim, a child in the Rochester area, between April 2022, and August 7, 2025. Rabah solicited the minor victim to create and send him sexually explicit images and videos. The investigation determined that Rabah paid the minor victim to engage in this conduct and solicited other minors in the Rochester area. Rabah was also part of an online forum that was dedicated to the abuse and exploitation of minors.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle P. Rossi. The plea is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Allen D. Davis, II, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Justin Page, Boston Division.
