A Hilo man charged this week with producing child pornography allegedly made and sold videos that showed him having sex with his children, according to federal court records unsealed yesterday afternoon.

The criminal complaint against Daniel G. Seguerre III said the investigation began in June when an FBI agent using a computer in Maryland made contact with Seguerre via the Internet, according to an FBI affidavit.

The FBI agent found Seguerre on a "publicly available peer-to-peer file sharing program" on the Internet that was suspected of involvement in child pornography, the affidavit said.

The agent was using an undercover identity and posed as a member of the file-sharing group, according to the affidavit.

An individual with the username "Whatzmylove" — later identified as Seguerre — was offering to share files which appeared to contain child pornography, said the affidavit, written by FBI Special Agent Robert H. Kim.

A subpoena served on the Internet service provider traced the user's address to a home on Puanaiko Street in Hilo, according to Kim's statement.

On Sept. 2, another FBI investigation in Oklahoma of the same "peer-to-peer network" resulted in the seizure of "videos and still images of a man sexually abusing young children," Kim's affidavit said.

The Oklahoma suspect told the FBI the material came from Whatzmylove, the affidavit said.

Whatzmylove told the Oklahoma suspect that "the videos depicted himself (Whatzmylove) with his own children," Kim said in the affidavit.

Whatzmylove, also known to the Oklahoma man as "Danny Seg," said "that it is easy to get the children to comply with the abuse by giving them candy," according to the affidavit.

Videos recovered by the FBI show the man alleged to be Seguerre molesting a prepubescent boy who "is screaming and crying, apparently in pain," the FBI agent reported.

Another showed him molesting a girl "who appears to be under the age of five" and a third depicts him removing the diaper from a young girl before sexually assaulting her, the affidavit said.

Kim said the FBI also located Facebook pages of Seguerre that contain photos of Seguerre sitting with the same children who appear in the pornographic videos, according to the affidavit.

Two minor children were found in Seguerre's home when a large team of FBI agents raided it Sunday night.

Toni Schwartz, spokeswoman with the state Department of Human Services, said Tuesday that the children have been placed in foster care and are safe. She declined further comment because of the ongoing investigation.

Seguerre, 27, has previously been convicted of theft, forgery and contempt of court and is on probation for the theft and forgery offenses.

Seguerre appeared briefly in federal court Tuesday and is being held without bail.