SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A Springfield man has been found guilty in a jury trial for engaging in sexual exploitation of a three-year-old child and child pornography charges.

In a news release from the Department of Justice, 45-year-old Bairon Ubeda of Springfield engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a three-year-old victim. During a four-day trial, evidence showed that Ubeda carried out a multi-year effort to trick and coerce women using fraudulent social media personas and accounts while claiming to represent a fictitious adult modeling company.

The women targeted were tricked into providing explicit images as well as personal information and identification. Ubeda then threatened to make the images and information public if the women did not agree to engage in sexual acts with h

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