Sidney man who paid impoverished Filipino mothers for child porn sentenced to federal prison

DAYTON — A Sidney man who admitted he paid impoverished Filipino mothers money in exchange for sending pornographic images of children was sentenced to nearly three decades in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Charles L. Frazier, 42, pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges in March, admitting he used online platforms to solicit explicit images, a DOJ spokesperson said in a media release. Frazier was on supervised release while registered as a sex offender from a previous child porn conviction when he committed the crimes in 2019, the spokesperson said.

Frazier was sentenced Friday in federal court in Dayton to 27 years in federal prison. He was facing a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison with a possible maximum sentence of 50 years.

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According to court documents, Frazier used Filipino dating sites to connect with women in poverty. During Skype conversations, Frazier would ask the mothers to send sexually explicit pictures of their children in exchange for money, the spokesperson said.

From April 2019 through July 2019 Frazier sent money by MoneyGram from a Sidney store to the women in the Philippines in exchange for the images.

Frazier was already a registered sex offender and served a prison sentence stemming from a 2011 federal case. He was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison after being convicted of receiving child pornography, the DOJ spokesperson said.

Frazier is currently listed as an inmate in the Butler County Jail, according to online jail records.

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