Salem, OR. — A Salem, Oregon man has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for paying traffickers in the Philippines to livestream the sexual abuse of young children.
Steven Daniel Griswold, 44, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $12,000 special assessment under the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018.
According to court documents, between 2018 and 2019, Griswold paid for livestreamed “shows” that featured the sexual abuse and exploitation of children as young as three years old in the Philippines. During the livestreams, Griswold provided specific instructions to traffickers on how to abuse the children and received child sexual abuse material in return. Payments typically ranged from $20 to $40 per session.
In 2020, after learning he was under investigation in an unrelated case for uploading child pornography to Snapchat, Griswold left the United States for the Philippines.
On November 14, 2023, a federal grand jury in Portland returned a four-count indictment charging Griswold with sexual exploitation of children, attempted sexual exploitation of children, and receiving child pornography.
Griswold was arrested in March 2024 after being deported from the Philippines and transported to Portland for arraignment on May 9, 2024. On November 5, 2025, he pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of children.
Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eliza Carmen Rodriguez and Charlotte Kelley prosecuted the case.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Anyone with information about potential human trafficking is encouraged to contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733.
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