St. Cloud Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Attempting To Entice A Child To Engage In Sexual Activity

Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Daniel Michael Mohat (27, St. Cloud) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Mohat entered a guilty plea on July 2, 2024. He has been in custody since his arrest on January 5, 2023.

According to the plea agreement, in August 2022, law enforcement engaged in an online undercover multi-agency operation based out of Nassau County, Florida, for the purpose of identifying and apprehending individuals using the internet to exploit juveniles for sexual activity. During the operation, Mohat contacted one of the undercover agents, who was posing as a 14-year-old girl, via social media. Over the course of several days, Mohat engaged in a sexually oriented conversation with the undercover agent. On multiple occasions, Mohat requested that the "girl" create explicit videos and pictures to send to him including videos depicting herself masturbating.

This case was investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David B. Mesrobian.

This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' 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 child victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.