Western PA Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

INDIANA COUNTY, PA —Following an investigation by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, an Indiana man has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Yao Wang, 43, is charged with felony counts of disseminating and possessing child sexual abuse material and unlawful use of a communications facility. He was recently arraigned and bail was set at $50,000 unsecured. He was required to surrender his passport and is prohibited from contact with minors and internet use.

“Those who distribute these vile materials are repeatedly abusing and exploiting children and will be held fully accountable,” Attorney General Dave Sunday said in a statement. “I commend my team for a proactive investigation that led to this defendant as the source of the illegal sharing.”

Earlier this year, agents discovered child sexual abuse material file-sharing originating from a home in Indiana. While executing a search warrant on South 11th Street, agents traced the sharing to Wang, who also possessed at least 20 files of child sexual abuse material on his computer.