A GRAND jury of the District Court for the NMI on Feb. 27 indicted Vincent Masga Songsong on the charge of possession of child pornography.
The details of the investigation remained sealed. There was also no information whether Songsong had already been arrested as of Wednesday afternoon.
According to court documents: “On or about June 22, 2023, in the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, defendant Vincent Masga Songsong knowingly possessed matter — namely a Samsung Galaxy A13 cellular phone, serial number R58T5Z5K3H — containing a visual depiction that had been shipped and transported using any means and facility of interstate and foreign commerce, and defendant knew that the production of said visual depiction involved the use of a minor — specifically, a prepubescent minor or a minor who had not attained 12 years of age — engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and that said visual depiction was of this conduct.”
Songsong violated Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2), the redacted indictment stated.
A forfeiture complaint was also filed against Songsong. If convicted he would forfeit to the U.S. government, including, but is not limited to, the following:
• Samsung, model Galaxy A13 cellular phone, serial number R58T5Z5K3H, seized on June 27, 2023, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the United States Probation Office on Saipan pursuant to a search warrant (the phone was originally seized by USPO from the defendant’s person on June 22, 2023);
• Blu model G60 cellular phone, seized on July 20, 2023, by the FBI at the defendant’s residence pursuant to a search warrant;
• Samsung cellular phone, with IMEl number 351283766023581, seized on July 20, 2023, by the FBI at the defendant’s residence pursuant to a search warrant;
• Samsung cellular phone, with IMEI number 350/629/19/815630/9, and IMEI number 354639/73/815630/3, seized on July 20, 2023, by the FBI at the defendant’s residence pursuant to a search warrant; and
• money judgment.
Songsong, a resident of Rota, was convicted of possession of child pornography on Dec. 3, 2015.
He pled guilty to possessing “a laptop computer that contained 226 videos involving the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.”
In that case, Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona sentenced Songsong to serve 78 months or six years and six months.
He was also ordered to pay $5,000 restitution to one of the victims and ordered to register as a sex offender.
