Middlesex County Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation, Online Enticement, and Child Pornography

TRENTON, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for allegedly inducing a minor to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos and engaging in sexually explicit conduct over an online chat platform, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Jeremy Greenwald, 45, of South Amboy, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of online enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual conduct, and one count of receipt of child pornography. Greenwald appeared this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh in Trenton federal court and was detained.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From May 2022 through February 2023, Greenwald used an online chat application to communicate with a minor victim located outside of New Jersey. At Greenwald’s request, the minor victim created and sent Greenwald over the online platform images and videos of the victim engaging in sexually explicit conduct. He directed the victim to perform certain sexual activities, even using items Greenwald had purchased and sent the victim to use during the videos, including sex toys and costumes. Greenwald also paid the victim to produce and send to Greenwald the images and videos of the victim engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The sexual exploitation charge is punishable by a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum potential penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The charge of online enticement carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of life in prison, and a $250,000 fine. The charge of receipt of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited the Newark Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task force, under the direction of FBI Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy, with the investigation leading to today’s arrest.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Agnew of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Trenton.

The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.