WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

TOPEKA, KAN. - A U.S. Army Soldier stationed in Kansas was sentenced to 40 years in prison for coaxing minors into producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

According to court documents, Bebak Gurung, 22, of Fort Riley pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor- production of child pornography.

In 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received information that a minor in New York had been victimized through various online messaging platforms and provided with saved communications between the victim and the perpetrator as evidence. During an investigation, FBI age...