Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales, Child Pornography and Cyberstalking, Arizona 2022

A shocking case of child exploitation has come to light in Phoenix, Arizona, with the sentencing of Ruben Oswaldo Yeverino Rosales, a 27-year-old Mexican national, to 413 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release.

Rosales, who used an online account in Mexico, coerced a 14-year-old girl in Arizona to take over 600 pornographic images of herself. He then blackmailed the minor into producing additional images by threatening to send, and by actually sending, the images to her family and schoolmates.

Rosales also used the internet to coerce an 18-year-old high school senior in Arizona into taking nude pictures of herself and sending them to him. He later threatened to create a pornographic website to post the images if she did not continue to send him pictures.

The investigation into Rosales revealed that he used social media from 2015 until the time of his arrest to exploit more than 100 females, mostly minors – some as young as 12 years of age. Homeland Security Investigations was able to identify more than 80 of these victims throughout the United States and in multiple other countries.

Rosales was arrested in Mexico in 2019. In May 2020, Rosales was extradited to the District of Arizona.

The sentencing took into account similar indictments in five other districts, including the Central District of California, the District of South Carolina, the Eastern District of North Carolina, the Eastern District of Missouri, and Northern District of Oklahoma. As part of Rosales’ plea agreement, these indictments will be dismissed.

Homeland Security Investigations and the Goodyear Police Department conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gayle Helart and Sheila Phillips handled the prosecution.

Rosales’ exact criminal charges include four counts of Production of Child Pornography and two counts of Cyberstalking. The city and state where the crime occurred is Phoenix, Arizona.

Rosales’ prison time is 413 months, followed by lifetime supervised release.

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