Khursheed Haider, 50, of Roseville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dena M. Coggins to 9 years in prison for distribution of child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. Khursheed Haider was a 2000 graduate of the Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry located in Karachi, Pakistan.

The California Medical Board reflects that the Physician and Surgeon license belonging to Khursheed Haider is currently revoked following his plea of guilty in this case.

According to court documents, Haider, a Sacramento Area pulmonologist, used an application called Wire to post, distribute, and request videos and images of prepubescent boys and girls being sexually abused. After a search warrant was executed, agents discovered more than 600 images and videos of prepubescent child sexual abuse material on Haider’s electronic devices.

Haider was charged in a two-count indictment with a Count 1 One violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 2252(a)(2), Distribution of Child Pornography, and a Count Two violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 2252(l)(4)(B), 3 Possession of Child Pornography. Both criminal counts were charged as felonies. On or about 4 June 18, 2025, pursuant to a plea agreement. He pled guilty to Count One,

Haider admitted in his Plea Agreement that on or about October 30, 2023, he shared a 45-second long mp4 video of a minor child being sexually abused by an adult male in an on-line group dedicated to sharing images of child sexual abuse. Haider admitted he was aware that the child depicted in the video was a minor and that he knowingly distributed the video.

In addition, Haider admitted that he also shared additional videos and content that showed sexual abuse of other minor children and babies. According to the factual basis, the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a forensic review of Haider’s electronic devices and found more than 600 images and videos of child sexual abuse material. Haider signed the factual basis on June 18, 2025, and acknowledged that the contents of the factual basis was accurate.

“Today’s sentence holds Khursheed Haider accountable for his proliferation of child sexual abuse material, each instance of which retraumatizes the victims shown in such material,” said U.S. Attorney Grant. “My office is committed to investigating and prosecuting individuals who traffic in this abusive material, including those in positions of trust like Haider.”

“Khursheed Haider was known to many as a trusted physician and family man,” said FBI Sacramento Special Agent in Charge Sid Patel. “However, he was a predator behind that facade who actively shared material depicting the horrific sexual abuse of infants and toddlers. The FBI works tirelessly to identify and apprehend individuals who consume and distribute child sexual abuse material to stop the ongoing victimization of our nation’s most vulnerable and innocent victims.”

This case was the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hitt prosecuted the case.

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 United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.