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STATEMENT OF FACTS

On Monday October 18, 2010, the defendant, DIEGO FASOLINI, a professor at the
George Washington University, entered the Columbian College Office of Technology
Services at the George Washington University, for a technical problem he was having with
his external hard drive.

On Friday October 22, 2010, DIEGO FASOLINI returned to the office and dropped
off his external hard drive, as well as a new external hard drive. He requested that an
employee of the Center, Witness One (“W-1”), attempt to back up the data from his hard
drive and restore the data to the new drive.

On Monday, October 25, 2010, W-1 created a backup of the contents of DIEGO
FASOLINI’s hard drive using computer imaging software. This backup image was created
on the Center=s artlab2 server. When the backup was complete, per normal practice, W-1
mounted the drive image to attempt to open one or two files to confirm that the backup
image was valid and not corrupt. W-1 opened several folders that contained thumbnail
images. One image was of a young girl between the ages of 4 and 8 B she was clearly
prepubescent, and there was an adult penis vaginally penetrating the girl.

On October 26, 2010, Your Affiant interviewed DIEGO FASOLINI at the George
Washington University Police office. DIEGO FASOLINI confirmed that the hard drive that
he gave to W-1 is his personal hard drive, that he uses it for personal and school business,
and that he has exclusive use of it. DIEGO FASOLINI said that he had on the hard drive
images of adult pornography and possibly Ayounger porn.@ When Your Affiant asked
DIEGO FASOLINI how he had obtained the pornography, DIEGO FASOLINI stated that he
had obtained it through Google searches over the internet and from visiting the internet
website gay.com.

On October 28, 2010, Your Affiant obtained a search warrant to search the contents
of DIEGO FASOLINI’s hard drive. After execution of the search warrant, law enforcement
began a brief preliminary forensic examination of the hard drive. During the course of that
initial examination, law enforcement discovered that DIEGO FASOLINI’s hard drive
contains hundreds of folders and subfolders containing image and video files. Law
enforcement opened a file folder entitled, “GRLs,” containing approximately 11,435 images.
Subfolders contained images of child pornography, including images of a prepubescent
child bound by duct tape on a sofa, with arms bound behind his or her back, with no pants
and his or her legs spread apart. Another image depicted an adult male inserting his penis
into the vagina of what appeared to be a three-year-old girl. Another image depicted what
appeared to be a four-year-old girl straddling the penis of an adult male who was supine on a
bed. Law enforcement also opened a file folder entitled, “B GIF & VIDS,” which contained
approximately 5,805 images. A subfolder entitled “10yo” contained an image entitled,
“10yo.jpg,” which depicted what appeared to be a 10-year-old boy with an adult male penis
in his mouth. Another subfolder entitled, “boy david and man – screen,” contained an image
of an adult male with a prepubescent male pressed against his genitals. Another subfolder
contained an image of a prepubescent male fondling the genitals of an adult male. An
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additional file folder, “B,” contained approximately 93,314 images, and subfolders entitled,
“BOYFUCK,” “TeenBoysLove,” and “VIRGINBOYSWORLD.”

Based on the foregoing, Your Affiant believes there is probable cause to believe that
on or about October 25, 2010, DIEGO FASOLINI received and possessed child
pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(2) and 2252A
(5)(B).

DETECTIVE TIMOTHY R. PALCHAK

Metropolitan Police Department

Sworn and subscribed to before me this day of October 2010

DEBORAH A. ROBINSON
United States Magistrate Judge