Balbino Sablad, Traveling to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, California 2019

Vallejo Man Admits to Flying to the Philippines to Abuse Child

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – An 80-year-old Vallejo man is facing up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

Balbino Sablad, 80, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty today to traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

According to court documents, in 2019, Sablad flew to the Philippines with the intention of engaging in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 16.

Using Facebook, Sablad had engaged in sexual chats with a person he believed was the intended minor victim and he sent the intended minor victim over $2,000 prior to his travel to the Philippines.

Before he arrived, he also discussed with a co-conspirator his plan to sexually abuse the intended minor victim in the Philippines.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rosanne Rust is prosecuting the case.

Sablad is scheduled to be sentenced on August 1, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley.

Sablad faces a maximum statutory penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

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