Wagoner County Resident Pleads Guilty To Distributing Child Sexual Exploitation Material

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Sovana Xiong, age 32, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Distribution of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

The Indictment alleged that beginning on October 15, 2023, and continuing until April 11, 2024, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Xiong knowingly distributed visual depictions on the internet of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Tulsa Police Department - Special Investigations Division.

The Honorable Edward C. Snow, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report. Xiong will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dak Cohen represented the United States.