Security News in Brief: Man Sentenced to Prison for Sextorting Numerous Children Around the Country

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A Virginia man was sentenced today to 31 years in prison for a years-long sextortion scheme in which he coerced numerous preteen and teenage victims to create and send him images of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The defendant was further sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to the victims.