Madison man sentenced; 17+ years for sexually exploiting teen boys

Cash Otradovec, 31, of Madison was sentenced on Monday, March 21 to 17 ½ years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. This, for using minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct and make pictures and videos of the conduct.   

Otradovec pleaded guilty to this charge on Dec. 9, 2021.

A news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office says in May 2020, the FBI in Miami, Florida, was contacted by a father who reported that an unknown person attempted to obtain nude images from his 15-year-old son through several social media platforms.  The investigation revealed that an Instagram account with the name Callie and a Kik account with the name Becky had been in communication with the minor. Further investigation tied those accounts to Otradovec.

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In October 2020, Otradovec was interviewed and admitted to creating the two accounts, with the Callie Instagram account dating back to 2016.  Using the two accounts, the defendant posed as Becky and Callie, two college women who were friends with each  other.  As these personas, Otradovec communicated with six different boys, ages 15-17, and tricked them into sending sexually explicit images.  When the boys would refuse to send additional images, or create the videos Otradovec wanted, he relentlessly pursued them and threated to send the images he already had to all of the boys’ followers, even after the boys begged him to stop.  In one case, a boy pleaded with Otradovec saying "I’m literally going to kill myself."  Instead of stopping, Otradovec, posing as Callie, told the boy the way to make it stop is to send the picture.

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In sentencing Otradovec, the judge called this crime a "very cruel exploitation of the minors." The judge said this was not just one moment of bad judgment, but ongoing and persistent, calling the conduct terrorizing and humiliating for the victims.

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