Sextortion, Child Porn Land Malvern Man In Federal Prison

MALVERN, PA — A Chester County man will spend the next two decades in federal prison after being convicted of more than three dozen child-porn related charges.

United States Attorney David Metcalf said Valentin Lubinski, 26, of Malvern, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, as well as 20 years of supervised release, a $3,600 special assessment, and a total of $28,000 in restitution and other assessments.

Sextortion, Child Porn Land Malvern Man In Federal Prison

Authorities said he sexually exploitation of numerous minor girls online and and committed child pornography offenses.

In February 2023, Lubinski was charged by indictment with 18 counts of use of an interstate commerce facility to entice a minor, and attempt to entice a minor, to engage in sexual conduct, and 18 counts of manufacture, attempted manufacture, and willfully causing the manufacture of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to all 36 charges in December 2024.

Federal authorities said throughout June 2022, Lubinski used a social media application to sexually exploit and extort 18 identified minor victims to self-produce sexually explicit images and videos of themselves and send them to him. The defendant’s victims ranged in age from nine to 16 years old and lived primarily in rural areas throughout the United States.

He used the online handle "Leo_32149" in these communications, according to prosecutors.

Lubinski engaged in a common communication style with each victim, asking the victims how old they were and lying about his own age. Authorities said he claimed to be a 13 and 17 years old.

He asked for images to see what the victims looked like, and responded with compliments. Lubinski often sent the victims a photo of a teen boy he purported to be himself.

After the initial exchange, Lubinski commonly told the victim that he had a question for her, and asked some variation of “R u freaky," authorities said.

Regardless of the responses he received, he asked victims to make a deal with him: the victim would send him a picture of his choice, and, in exchange, Lubinski promised to send a combination of pictures and videos of himself to the victim.

Depending on the level of resistance he faced, Lubinski would explain that the photo he wanted "wasn’t bad" and would then ask for a photo of the victim in her bra or underwear, followed by a topless photo.

Upon receipt of these images, he took screenshots and asked the victim for more sexually explicit images, and sexually explicit photos with her face included.

Typically, victims declined to send the images, which would lead Lubinski to "sextorting" the victim, threatening to post the illicit photos on various social media platforms and often sending the screenshot back to her with a banner of text such as, "follow [the victim’s social media handle] she sends nudes," authorities said.

Lubinski continued to ask for more explicit and humiliating photos and videos of the girls, often employing a countdown, giving the victims “one minute” to pose in a certain way and send him a photo or video, or he would post their other images.

Many of Lubinsku's victims begged him to stop as he extorted them, authorities said.