Greek Man Sentenced for Traveling in Interstate Commerce with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Act with Minor
Georgios Sgouros, 43, of
Athens, Greece, was sentenced in March 2012 by Chief U.S. District Court Judge
Wiley Y. Daniel
to 10 years in federal prison for traveling with the intent to engage
in illicit sexual conduct. Following his prison sentence, Chief Judge
Daniel ordered Sgouros to serve 10 years on supervised release, although
the defendant is a citizen and national of Greece and therefore will
likely before face deportation.
Sgouros was charged by
criminal complaint on June 16th, 2010. He was indicted by a federal
grand jury in Denver on July 12th, 2010. He pled guilty to travel with
the intent to engage in sexual conduct charge on December 1st, 2011.
According to court documents, on January 28th, 2010, a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) special agent posed in an undercover sting Operation as a single Mom with two girls, age 5 respectively 7.
While in an undercover capacity, the Agent engaged in an Internet chat with
Sgouros, who expressed interest in traveling to
Colorado
in having sex with the two childrengirls. During the chats, Sgouros and
the undercover agent also discussed the logistics of where he would
stay during his visit, and how they would meet up at the International
airport in Denver.
During the next several months, Sgouros and the undercover agent exchanged
e-mails as well as private chats on the Internet regarding Sgouros’ intention to engage in sexual activity with the children.
On June 13th and 14th, 2010, the man, IDd as
Georgios Sgouros,
e-mailed the undercover agent his travel itinerary from Athens, Greece
to Denver. As on June 15th, 2010, Sgouros was admitted into the United
States by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at
Philadelphia International Airport. He arrived in the U.S. aboard a flight from
Amsterdam. He then flew from Philadelphia to Denver, where he was met by ICE special agents and taken into custody.
Other Project Safe Childhood Sentencings
Michael Bilotta
Michael Bilotta of Garfield County, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge
John L. Kane to serve
100 months
in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release for
possession of child pornography. On three separate occasions, the
defendant was discovered sharing
hundreds of gigabytes online, which
constituted tens of thousands of images and videos of child pornography,
including images of children as you as 10 years old. In total, Bilotta possessed over
100.000 images of child pornography.
Sean Scott
Sean Scott of Pueblo, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve
120 months
in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release for
possession of child pornography. On two separate occasions, the
defendant possessed
hundreds of images and videos of child pornography. He shared his collection of over
185 videos of child pornography online, and some of the videos depicted the sounds of the children’s abuse.
Daniel Petura
Daniel Petura of Arapahoe County, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge
Philip A. Brimmer to serve
78 months
in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for
possession of child pornography. The defendant bought a subscription to a
website that provided child pornography and
accessed the website approximately 4.000 times. Petura was found
in possession of over 1.500 images of child pornography, some depicting infants, and some of which he had obtained from the subscription website.
Stephen Mark Erway
Stephen Mark Erway of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced to
120 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge
Lewis T. Babcock
for violating the terms of his probation for possession of child
pornography. Erway was convicted in 1988 with crimes related to the
sexual exploitation of minors, including child pornography. He served a
prison sentence and was released on probation. While on probation, he
violated the terms of his probation by improperly using computers and by
engaging in online relationships with minors.
James Matthew Allen
James Matthew Allen of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court
Judge William J. Martinez
to serve 120 months in federal prison, followed by 12 years of
supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Allen was a
registered sex offender at the time he was discovered trading images of
child pornography online. He was found in possession of just under 150
images of child pornography.
