Former north Texas high school teacher sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for producing child pornography by coercing teenage boys

FORT WORTH, Texas — A former north Texas high school teacher was sentenced Thursday to a total of 60 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

Gregory Bogomol, 39, a former teacher at Denton High School pleaded guilty in October 2014 to an indictment charging two counts of producing child pornography. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 360 months in federal prison for each count, to run consecutively, for a total of 720 months in federal prison.

According to documents filed in the case, the investigation began when special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was contacted by the parents of a 15-year-old male victim regarding an individual who solicited a nude photograph of the minor through a smartphone application.

Specifically, according to the factual resume, Bogomol used social media applications such as KIK, Grindr, and Pinger to initiate conversations with underage males. Bogomol posed as a minor female and sent nude images of females to entice the boys to produce sexually explicit pictures.

After Bogomol received an image from the minor male, Bogomol made additional explicit demands.  If the minor male did not comply with his demands, Bogomol threatened to send sexually explicit pictures of the boy to the boy’s friends via social media applications.

About April 20, 2014, Bogomol coerced one minor victim to send a sexually explicit image of himself. A few days later, Bogomol coerced another minor victim to send a sexually explicit image of himself.

HSI investigated; Assistant U.S. Attorney A. Saleem, Northern District of Texas prosecuted this case.

This investigation was conducted under HSI's Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 12,000 individuals for crimes against children, including the production and distribution of online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking of children. In fiscal year 2014, more than 2,000 individuals were arrested by HSI special agents under this initiative.

HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators. Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.

For additional information about wanted suspected child predators, download HSI's Operation Predator smartphone app or visit the online suspect alerts page.

HSI is a founding member and current chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private industry sector partners working together to prevent and deter online child sexual abuse.