WASHINGTON — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.

            WASHINGTON – Luis Santos Perez, 34, of Las Vegas, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 144 months in prison for posting photographs and videos to a notorious chat room where its members shared and celebrated graphic images of child sexual abuse, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

            Santos Perez, aka “chillbill,” pleaded guilty before Judge Beryl A. Howell on Feb. 20 2025, to a charge of distribution of child pornography. In addition to the 144-month prison term, Judge Howell ordered Santos Perez to serve 10 years of supervised release and pay $42,000 in restitution to victims.

            Joining in the announcement was FBI Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. Cox of the Washington Field Office.

            In early 2024, an undercover agent from the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force was monitoring an online chat room where members post videos depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

            One of the members identified himself as an administrator, posted several clips of pre-pubescent child pornography, and demanded that others do the same or risk being kicked out of the chatroom. That member was later identified as Santos Perez.

            “This defendant was both an administrator and participant on a mobile app called KIK where child sexual abuse images were exchanged,” said U.S. Attorney Pirro. “In his role as administrator, he required younger and younger images, including infants, in order to remain in his group. Twelve years is not enough which is why the judge ordered him to serve an additional 10 years supervised release.”

            On May 13, 2024, law enforcement arrested Santos Perez in Las Vegas and seized several digital devices. In an interview with officers, Santos Perez admitted that he had sent and received child pornography on two online groups and that his digital devices contained child pornography.

            Law enforcement recovered more than 2,000 images of child sexual abuse materials from his digital devices.

            This case is being investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, which is composed of FBI agents, along with other federal agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. The task force is charged with investigating and bringing federal charges against individuals engaged in the exploitation of children and those engaged in human trafficking.

            This matter is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Shinskie for the District of Columbia.

            This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood initiative. In February 2006, the Attorney General created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorney's Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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