David Matthew Frahm
ASSISTANT U.S. Attorney Eric O’ Malley has asked the federal court to allow the victim’s mother to attend virtually the sentencing hearing of David Matthew Frahm scheduled for today, Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m.
Alternatively, O’Malley asked the court to allow the victim’s mother to attend telephonically should the court oppose a virtual attendance.
O’Malley said the motion is “unopposed by defendant.”
In September 2024, Frahm, a former Marianas High School music teacher, pled guilty to possessing child pornography and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.
After accepting Frahm’s guilty plea, Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI scheduled the sentencing hearing for Dec. 13 at 1:30 p.m.
Later, the judge rescheduled it for Nov. 13.
According to the unsealed plea agreement, Frahm, who is represented by attorney Richard Miller, and the U.S. government agree to a sentence of 156 months or 11 years.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the NMI agrees to not bring any additional charges against Frahm pursuant to the plea agreement.
In addition, the U.S. government dismissed the charge of attempted exploitation of a child.
According to the factual basis and statement of facts:
“On or about March 27, 2019, in the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, defendant knowingly possessed a laptop computer which contained a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
“Defendant did so knowing the computer contained a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, specifically, a picture of a lascivious exhibition of the anus, genitals, and pubic area of a minor.
“The visual depiction was transported through a means or facility of interstate and foreign commerce, specifically, by using the laptop computer to transport the digital file in interstate commerce, from Ukraine, where the visual depiction was created, to the District of the Northern Mariana Islands….
“In or about February 2024, defendant was residing in a foreign country, specifically, in Malaysia.
“On or about February 1, 2024, defendant knowingly and intentionally produced a visual depiction by video of an eleven-year-old child that was a lascivious exhibition of the child’s pubic area, specifically, by surreptitiously video recording the child after taking a shower.
“To make the recording. defendant used his mobile device that was capable of connecting to the internet, and which was an instrumentality that was transported in foreign commerce, specifically, an Android cellular telephone that was not manufactured in the country of Malaysia.”
In Langkawi, Malaysia, Frahm was charged with sexually harassing an 11-year-old girl. He was accused of filming the girl when she was bathing in her home. The girl was his neighbor.
He was sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to possessing child pornographic material. The prison sentence counted the days when he was first arrested on Feb. 15, 2024.
On June 6, 2024, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Richard J. Bauer served Frahm with an arrest warrant in Malaysia. The warrant was issued by Designated Judge David O. Carter.
Frahm, 46, was extradited to Saipan early last June.
