A Sydney childcare worker has been charged with multiple counts of using a child to produce abusive material after Australian Federal Police allegedly discovered more than 500,000 unique images on his electronic devices.
The man, who cannot be named due to a suppression order, worked in the childcare sector for over a decade at several centres in the city. He was charged in July following a search warrant executed at his home in June, where police seized several devices.
According to police, the devices contained approximately 1.4 million electronic files, of which about 550,000 were unique images. Detective Superintendent Luke Needham stated that the number of files reflects the volume of work required by investigators rather than the scale of offending.
The man faces seven counts of using a child under 14 to make child abuse material, three of which are aggravated, and one count of possessing child abuse material on a data carriage service. He was due to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Friday.
