A federal court sentenced a man from Warm Springs, Oregon, to 15 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor and distributing recordings of the abuse online, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
The sentencing took place on a Monday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Warm Springs is a community in Oregon.
The U.S. Department of Justice said the man made recordings of the sexual exploitation of the minor victim. Those recordings were then uploaded to the internet, the agency said.
The federal court's 15-year term was imposed following the conviction on charges tied to both the production of the material and its online distribution, per the U.S. Department of Justice.