Matthew Randall Gigot, 40, Sex Offender Sentenced for Failing to Register and Hiding Accounts
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON – Matthew Randall Gigot, 40, a previously convicted sex offender residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 56 months in federal prison in connection with his trafficking of child sexual abuse material and his failure to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
“Matthew Gigot, a convicted sex offender, was required to report all of his online accounts. Instead, he hid them and used those accounts to seek out child pornography with other predators,” said U.S. Attorney Pirro. “He chose concealment and exploitation; this sentence shows those choices have consequences. We will keep exposing those who target children and those who try to hide in the shadows.”
Gigot pleaded guilty on April 6 before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to sexual performance using minors and to failure to register as a sex offender. In addition to the 56-month prison term related to his conviction involving Sexual Performance Using Minors and 24-month sentence related to his conviction involving a violation of his requirement to register as a sex offender, Judge Chutkan ordered Gigot to serve 10 years of supervised release on each offense. Gigot will also be required to register as a sex offender for life in D.C.
According to court documents, between November 2024 and June 2025, Gigot traveled to a residence in the District to meet with other individuals to view child sexual abuse materials, at times engaging in sexual conduct with other adults while doing so. The material depicted young, prepubescent children being sexually abused by adults. Gigot also joined online video sessions from his D.C. home for the same purpose.
Separately, between July 2024 and March 2026, Gigot failed to report a secondary email account, a Snapchat account, and several Telegram accounts he was actively using, despite his being required to report any change in his registration information within 72 hours.
Gigot had been registered as a sex offender in the District of Columbia since 2016, following a prior conviction for sexual performance using minors. During a January 23, 2026, search of his residence, FBI agents recovered the unreported accounts from electronic devices.
This marks Gigot’s second conviction for trafficking in child sexual abuse material.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI Washington Field Office's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, with assistance from the Metropolitan Police Department.
It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard S. Kelley.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
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