Former Herndon Resident Sentenced In Child Sexual Abuse Case In Federal Court

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Former Herndon resident Vincent Sarikey, 35, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 25 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Sarikey was convicted of enticing a 15-year-old girl to produce sexual material that he then distributed to other offenders via the Telegram messaging application, according to court documents.

He also attempted to entice a 12-year-old girl in Argentina to produce child sexual abuse material in April 2018. When the minor refused and told Sarikey that he would go to jail, he sent two sexually explicit videos to the minor in an effort to convince her to produce similar videos for him.

Between October 2015 and July 2017, Sarikey communicated with a friend about his sexual interest in children, talking about his attempts to meet, groom, and abuse children whom he had access to, according to court documents. In those conversations, he blamed his victims for his criminal conduct.

When authorities examined Sarikey's devices, they discovered more than 20,000 images and 500 videos of child sexual abuse material, including 486 series in which the victims have been identified, according to court documents.

In addition to pleading guilty to the sexual exploitation of children, Sarikey also faces additional charges for sexual exploitation of a child. These charges are related to the sexual exploitation of child in the Southern District of Indiana, according to court documents. Sarikey is accused of using the child to produce child sexual abuse material nearly 15 years ago.