Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, MICHAEL DEAN BILLINGS, 61, a former attorney from Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange to serve 168 months (14 years) in federal prison for traveling from Oklahoma City to Iquitos, Peru, to engage in illicit sexual conduct with Peruvian girls under 18 years of age, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Billings was indicted on Oct. 22, 2014. On Nov. 12, 2015, he pled guilty to traveling internationally from Oklahoma City to Iquitos, Peru, from Jan. 1, 2011 through Feb. 21, 2013, to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a Peruvian girl under 18 years of age. Reference is made to the court record for further information.
Today, Billings was sentenced to serve 168 months in federal prison. Following his release from prison, Billings will serve five years of supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender for life. He was immediately remanded into custody of the United States Marshal to begin serving his sentence.
This case is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Peruvian National Police. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David Petermann.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
