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<p>SCRANTON&#8212; A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to charges in what investigators are calling a &#8220;sextortion&#8221; scheme.</p><p>The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Monday that Hubert Young, 46, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to producing and attempting to produce child pornography.</p><p>According to U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler in a news release, Young admitted to creating two Facebook accounts with fictitious names, and using a cell phone and computer to persuade minors to take pornographic images of themselves and send them to him.</p><p>As part of this &#8220;sextortion&#8221; scheme, Young allegedly posed as two teenagers. When the minors sent the pornographic images to Young, Brandler said Young threatened to put the images on the internet unless the victims sent him additional images.</p><p>A total of 13 minor victims from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and Indiana fell prey to Young&#8217;s criminal activities between January 2015 and June 2016, according to investigators.</p><p>Judge Munley ordered a pre-sentence investigation to be completed, and scheduled sentencing for May 9, 2017.</p><p>The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Luzerne County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, and Pittston Police. Assistant United States Attorney Francis P. Sempa is prosecuting the case.</p><style>
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Man pleads guilty to what investigators call a ‘sextortion’ scheme