SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday, Sept. 23, after sexually exploiting two child victims.

According to a United States Department of Justice press release, Yevgeniy Dudko, 53, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison without parole by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool.

The release states Dudko was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender after his incarceration. He will be subjected to federal and state sex offender registration requirements following his release.

Dudko was first found guilty on March 20, 2025, of two counts of using minors to produce child pornography and one count of receiving and distributing child pornography after a bench trial.

During the investigatio

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