FISHERS, Ind. — A 63-year-old Fishers man faces 20 felony counts accusing him of using artificial intelligence app to make clothed photos of young people in swimsuits or sports advertisements appear nude.
A judge set his bond at $2.5 million cash only.
In a news release issued Wednesday, the Hamilton County Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force said Charles Coriaty was preliminarily charged Monday. On Wednesday afternoon in Hamilton Circuit Court, he was formally charged with 10 low-level felony counts of child exploitation; seven low-level felony counts of possession of child pornography; and three low-level felony counts of possession of child sex abuse material.
The task force’s release did not specify when the bond was set. Coriaty was being held in the Hamilton County jail in Noblesville.
The task force began investigating Coriaty after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received information from SmugMug and sent a CyberTip to investigators. SmugMug is a paid online image hosting, photo sharing, and website-building platform designed for both hobbyists and professional photographers.
The tip contained about 175 images, many of them altered with an artificial intelligence app.
Task force detectives searched Coriaty’s SmugMug account under a warrant and found additional child sexual abuse material. Detectives also searched Coriaty’s home under a warrant and found additional images in computer folders named “Teen Models,” “Braces” and “School Portraits,” among others, the task force said.
The task force is based at the Fishers Police Department and includes detectives from the Fishers, Carmel, Westfield, Noblesville, Greenfield and Anderson police departments; the Hamilton and Madison county sheriff’s offices; and U.S. Homeland Security. It investigates internet crimes against children and child exploitation cases in Hamilton, Hancock, Madison and Tipton counties.
