On July 26, 2022, Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales, the Arizona Pedophile, a Mexican national, received a sentence of 413 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for his participation in the production of child pornography and cyberstalking.
Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales, then 27, had previously entered a guilty plea to four charges of child pornography production and two charges of cyberstalking.
Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales, utilising an online account in Mexico, compelled a 14-year-old girl in Arizona to produce over 600 pornographic photos of herself. He subsequently extorted the child into generating further pictures by threatening to disseminate and by actually sending the images to her family and peers.
Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales utilised the internet to manipulate an 18-year-old high school senior in Arizona into producing and transmitting nude photographs of herself to him. He subsequently threatened to establish a pornographic website to disseminate the images if she failed to continue sending him pictures.
The inquiry into Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales disclosed that he utilised social media from 2015 until his arrest to exploit over 100 girls, predominantly juveniles, with some as young as 12 years old. HSI special agents identified over 80 victims across the United States and several other nations.
Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales was apprehended in Mexico in 2019. In May 2020, Rosales was extradited to the District of Arizona.
This punishment took into account analogous indictments in five more districts: the Central District of California, the District of South Carolina, the Eastern District of North Carolina, the Eastern District of Missouri, and the Northern District of Oklahoma. In accordance with Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales’ plea agreement, these indictments will be dismissed.
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