Springfield Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Sexual Exploitation of Two Child Victims

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man who sexually exploited two child victims was sentenced in federal court yesterday.

Yevgeniy Dudko, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 50 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Dudko to a lifetime of supervised release following incarceration. Dudko will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison and will be subject to federal and state sex offender registration requirements, which may apply throughout his life.

On March 20, 2025, Dudko was found guilty of two counts of using minors, identified in court documents as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, to produce child pornography from Nov. 20, 2021, to March 14, 2023, and one count of receiving and distributing child pornography after a bench trial.

Investigators found approximately 1,000 images and videos of child pornography produced by the defendant involving Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ami Harshad Miller. It was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force, and the Greene County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.

Project Safe Childhood

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 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 victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab "resources."