Texas Resident Sentenced To 30 Years For Travel With Intent To Engage In Illicit Sexual Conduct And Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Michael Wayne Green, age 64, of Irving, Texas, was sentenced to 360 months in prison for one count of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and 360 months in prison for one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Child. The terms of imprisonment are to be served concurrently.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office.

On January 2, 2024, Green pleaded guilty to the charges. According to investigators, in July 2022, Green traveled from his home in Texas to the Eastern District of Oklahoma to engage in sexual acts with a child under the age of twelve, caused the child to engage in sexual conduct, and used his cell phone to create photos and videos of the child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

"This defendant made the depraved decision to sexually exploit a child, not only failing to meet any standard of human decency, but choosing instead to inflict pain and suffering on an innocent victim," said Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph Skarda of the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office. "I'm grateful for the collaborative effort between the FBI and our law enforcement partners to ensure Mr. Green will spend the next 30 years behind prison walls, where he undoubtedly belongs."

"Michael Wayne Green violated his position of trust in the most horrifying, reprehensible, and detestable manner possible," said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson. "I commend the collaborative work of the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Sequoyah County District Attorney's Office, and federal prosecutors in bringing Green to account for his heinous crimes."

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing. Green will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorneys Morgan Muzljakovich and Jessica Bove represented the United States.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

We encourage anyone who suspects or has information regarding child sexual exploitation, trafficking of minors, sextortion, child pornography, or any other means of child exploitation to immediately contact law enforcement. You can file a report on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)'s website at www.cybertipline.com, call 1-800-843-5678, contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or call 877-4-HSI TIP.