Oviedo Man Convicted of Attempting to Coerce and Entice a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity

Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Rusbel Montoya Mandujano (32, Oviedo) guilty of attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Montoya Mandujano faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for August 25, 2026. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on June 25, 2025, Montoya Mandujano began communicating online and via text messaging with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old "girl." The "girl" was actually a team of detectives working with the Seminole County Sheriff's Office in an undercover capacity. After Montoya Mandujano learned the "girl's" age, he initiated discussions of various sexual acts he wanted to engage in with her and made a plan to meet up with her to do so. When Montoya Mandujano arrived at the meeting location on June 26, 2025, he was arrested by law enforcement.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Megan Testerman. The asset forfeiture is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Nicole Andrejko.

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 Attorney's 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.