Ohio man sentenced in West Virginia for sex offense against a minor

Makel Elboghdady, 37, an Egyptian nationwide residing in Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced not too long ago to 10 years in jail for touring in interstate commerce to interact in illicit sexual exercise with a minor.

Elboghdady was additionally ordered to serve 20 years on supervised launch after finishing his jail sentence.

Elboghdady was beforehand convicted after a jury trial in Could 2021.

Proof at trial revealed that Elboghdady traveled on Feb. 28, 2020 from Columbus, Ohio to Huntington, W.Va. to satisfy a lady so as to have interaction in sexual exercise together with her purported minor daughters. Elboghdady believed the women have been 11 and 13 years previous. When he arrived in Huntington and met with the individual he believed to be the mom of the women, Elboghdady was positioned below arrest.

United States Lawyer Will Thompson made the announcement and counseled the investigative work of the FBI Baby Exploitation and Human Trafficking Process Pressure. United States District Choose Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentence. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer Rada Herrald and Julie White prosecuted the case.

This case was prosecuted as a part of Undertaking Secure Childhood, a nationwide initiative of the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by america Lawyer’s Places of work and the Prison Division’s Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part, Undertaking Secure Childhood marshals federal, state and native sources to find, apprehend, and prosecute those that sexually exploit kids, and to establish and rescue victims. For extra details about Undertaking Secure Childhood, please go to www.justice.gov/psc.