Michele Beckwith Acting U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California
Elmer Yusay Ngo, a 29-year-old resident of Stockton, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for child exploitation. The sentence was delivered by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller and will be followed by 50 years of supervised release, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.
Court records reveal that Ngo used social media platforms to exploit female minors across the country. His actions included attempts to coerce minors into producing child pornography at his direction. Ngo's method involved befriending minor females on social media, obtaining nude or partially nude images from them, and using these images as leverage to demand participation in video calls where they were instructed to perform sexual acts while he kept his video feed blacked out.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Against Crimes Against Children Task Force, with support from various state and local police departments nationwide. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin F. Scott led the prosecution.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project involves collaboration between federal, state, and local resources to prosecute offenders and rescue victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.usdoj.gov/psc under the "resources" tab.
