A Washington, D.C. man who has been required to register as a sex offender since 2016 was sentenced to 56 months in federal prison after federal prosecutors said he trafficked in child sexual abuse material and hid several online accounts from the registry that was supposed to track him. Matthew Randall Gigot, 40, will also serve 10 years of supervised release and must now register as a sex offender for life in the District, according to federal prosecutors who announced the sentencing.
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan sentenced Gigot to 56 months in prison on the sexual performance offense and an additional 24 months for failing to register, with the sentences running concurrently, prosecutors said. Gigot pleaded guilty in April to sexual performance using minors and failing to register as a sex offender, according to WJLA. The case marks Gigot's second conviction for trafficking child sexual abuse material, the U.S. Attorney's Office reported.
Hidden Accounts Uncovered During January Search
FBI agents found Gigot's unreported accounts during a search of his residence on Jan. 23, according to the outlet's reporting. Investigators determined he had failed to report a secondary email account, a Snapchat account and several Telegram accounts between July 2024 and this past March — accounts he was required to disclose within 72 hours of any change to his registration information.
Gigot had been registered as a sex offender in the District since 2016. Prosecutors say he traveled to a District residence in November 2024 to view child sexual abuse material with other individuals, and that he participated in online video sessions from his D.C. home between November 2024 and June 2025.
A Repeat Offender With a Disbarred Legal Career
Gigot was previously convicted of sexual performance with a minor, the offense that first triggered his registration requirement nearly a decade ago. Maryland court records show he was also disbarred by consent from practicing law in that state on Jan. 26, 2016, after admitting professional misconduct, according to records from CourtListener.
Under District law, lifetime registration applies to specified categories of sex offenders, while other offenders are subject to a different registration period, per the D.C. Council Code. That same code also requires offenders to comply with registration duties in the time and manner specified by the supervising agency, as outlined in a separate provision. Separately, federal law under 18 U.S.C. § 2250 provides that a person who knowingly fails to register or update a registration under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act may face up to 10 years in prison, a fine, or both.
Part of a Pattern of DC Cases
Part of a Pattern of DC Cases Gigot's case follows other recent prosecutions in the District tied to child sexual abuse material. Federal prosecutors announced in August 2026 that an indictment charged Antonio Simpson, 31, a District of Columbia resident, with 12 counts including production of child pornography and first-degree child sexual abuse, according to a Justice Department announcement. In another case out of the District, Tevon Stephens, 29, was sentenced to 216 months in prison in connection with distributing child sexual abuse material and sexually abusing a child, per a separate Justice Department release.
Gigot now faces lifetime registration requirements in the District on top of the federal prison term and a decade of supervised release once he is out. The evidence reviewed does not establish where Gigot is currently living or whether he remains employed, and the underlying details of the material investigators found were not part of the information made public.
