U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Matthew Molnar, age 47, of Hagerstown, Maryland, to thirty years in federal prison, followed by fifteen years of supervised release, for sexual exploitation of a child. He is ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution.
Judge Chuang also ordered that, upon his release from prison, Molnar must continue to register as a sex offender in the places where he resides and where he is an employee pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”).
The sentence was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Michael McCarthy of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore, and Chief Malik Aziz of the Prince George’s County Police Department.
According to the guilty plea, in 2015, Molnar was convicted of possession of child pornography. In 2020 and 2021, Molnar communicated with a Florida-based minor victim and coerced the minor victim to produce sexually explicit videos. In May 2021, Molnar travelled to visit the minor victim, telling the victim falsely that he was 17 years old and was studying pre-law.
In February 2022, Molnar started communicating with a Maryland-based minor victim, exchanging sexually explicit messages with her. Also, in February 2022, Molnar had sexual intercourse with the minor on multiple occasions. During a subsequent search warrant at Molnar’s house, law enforcement found multiple sexually explicit files that included the minor victim.
In reviewing Molnar’s electronic devices seized during the search warrant, law enforcement also determined that Molnar had distributed numerous files containing child pornography.
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