The man from Oregon was arrested in 2025 following an investigation by the FBI and the Sarasota Police Department.
TAMPA, Fla. — Months after a man from Oregon pleaded guilty to charges of production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, a judge sentenced him to 25 years in federal prison.
Thursday, the Department of Justice said that U.S. District Judge John Badalamenti, sentenced Aleksandr Golovchenko, 50, to 300 months behind bars. His imprisonment will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
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Court documents indicate that on Feb. 2025, Golovchenko met a 12-year-old girl online. Then, between Feb. and April of that year, Golovchenko “persuaded, induced, enticed, and coerced the victim to engage in sexual activity” on Snapchat, a social media platform.
The DOJ also said that Golovchenko coerced the girl to engage in sexually explicit behavior “for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of that conduct.”
According to U.S. Attorney Greg Kehoe, who made the DOJ’s announcement, Golovchenko was prosecuted for three counts of production of CSAM and two counts of coercion of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
Golovchenko pleaded guilty on April 29, 2026, the DOJ noted.
The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Sarasota Police Department, the DOJ said.