Samuel Waldman is an individual who served as a rabbi and teacher at a girls’ seminary in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was associated with religious educational roles within a community setting prior to his arrest.
On November 2013, Waldman was arrested by agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations unit at his residence in Brooklyn. The arrest was conducted as part of a federal investigation led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
According to federal prosecutors, Waldman was charged with distributing child sexual abuse material over the internet through file-sharing software. Authorities alleged that the conduct involved the distribution of multiple files depicting minors engaged in sexual acts, based on evidence gathered during the investigation.
The case was prosecuted under federal law covering the transportation and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Following his arrest, Waldman was presented before a United States Magistrate Judge in Manhattan federal court, and the investigation was reported to be ongoing at the time of the announcement.
