A New York Man is Sentenced for Sexual Abuse and Production of Child Pornography

TULSA, Okla. – U.S. District Judge John D. Russell, sentenced Carlos Caraballo, 28, of Bellport, New York, to 324 months of imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervision for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and Production of Child Pornography. Upon his release, Caraballo will also be required to register as a sex offender.

According to court documents, in 2021, Caraballo met a 13-year-old minor victim in a chat room. After conversing with the child long-distance via computer and phone, Caraballo drove from New York to Oklahoma. While he was in Oklahoma, Caraballo engaged in sexual acts with the minor and took sexually explicit photos of the minor.

The minor is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Caraballo will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility.

The FBI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Vani Singhal prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.