The fifth defendant charged for involvement in an Internet-based child pornography trafficking ring that specialized in images depicting the sexual abuse of young girls was sentenced on June 7 to seven years in federal prison.

Kevin Kaller Wright, 44, of Santa Monica, received the 84-month sentence from United States District Judge Margaret M. Morrow. Wright and four other defendants pleaded guilty over the past year to being members of the “Quest4More” Internet bulletin board, whose members “advocated the sexual torture of children,” according to court documents. “Quest4More”, which was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was a secret bulletin board that allowed members to post and view pictures and videos, which often depicted very young children, sometimes being tortured or in bondage.

The defendants previously sentenced in this case included Michael Pharis, 51, of Las Vegas, Nevada, who was sentenced in December to 15 years in prison;

Daniel Murphy, 53, of Millville, New Jersey, who was sentenced in March to 151 months in prison; Paul Challender, 54, of Big Rapids, Michigan, who was sentenced in March to 151 months in prison; and William Ho, 39, of Hacienda Heights, who was sentenced in March to 135 months in prison.

All five defendants pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transport, receive, distribute and possess child pornography. They all admitted being part of the “Quest4More” bulletin board. Law enforcement was alerted to the group following the arrest of one of its members in 2008.

Each defendant made hundreds of posts to the bulletin board. Wright was one of the more prolific users of the bulletin board, making more than 400 posts, although he did not post any pictures to the site. Wright was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release, and the four other defendants were sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release, following their prison terms.