Brick Man Who Sexually Abused Infants Gets 40 Years In Prison

TRENTON, NJ — A Brick Township man was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison for producing images of himself sexually abusing two infants, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.

Sebastien Attar, 36, had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Peter G. Sheridan to two counts of sexual exploitation of children. Attar also pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment charging him with one count of advertising child pornography, Honig's office said. Sheridan sentenced Attar to lifetime supervised release in addition to the prison sentence, the office said.

Attar was arrested in 2018 following an investigation that started in mid-2017 into a private chat messaging group dedicated to the discussion and dissemination of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.

The private chat group was named “Taboo Train 2.0,” and law enforcement identified Attar as a member of that group, operating with the account identifier “Seb Seb.”

The investigation revealed that on multiple occasions and in response to requests from other users, Attar, operating as “Seb Seb,” shared with the “Taboo Train 2.0” chat group images depicting adults sexually abusing very young children.

A search warrant was executed at Attar's Brick home in March 2018 and authorities seized a number of electronic devices and electronic storage media. In July 2018, a grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia returned a superseding indictment charging Attar and others with advertising child pornography.

During a forensic review of the electronic media seized, authorities discovered graphic images in which Attar had photographed himself sexually abusing two infants.

As part of the plea agreement, the superseding indictment filed in Georgia against Attar was formally transferred to New Jersey so Attar could plead guilty to that charge in conjunction with his guilty plea to the New Jersey charges.

Honig credited special agents of the FBI-Newark Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr., and special agents of the FBI-Atlanta Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge J.C. Hacker, with the investigations leading to the guilty pleas. She also thanked prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, under the direction of Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine, for their assistance.

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