NJ man pleads guilty in Bay Area child porn sextortion case; he allegedly posed as boy online to …

SAN FRANCISCO — A New Jersey man arrested after authorities say he was caught posing as a teen boy online and cyberstalking a Bay Area girl after she gave him sexually explicit videos has pleaded guilty to two counts, including one that carries a minimum of five years. Barry David Goldberg was 55 last June when federal prosecutors in Northern California extradited him to the Bay Area to face the charges. He pleaded guilty to possessing child porn and to cyberstalking Wednesday afternoon. A sentencing date has not yet been set. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer confirmed Goldberg understood he faced a minimum of five years in prison before accepting the plea. Goldberg has been out of jail since June 30, 2020. According to the FBI, Goldberg — posing as Ryan — convinced a 15-year-old girl from the Bay Area to send him videos of herself “engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” FBI Special Agent Michael P. Nicholas wrote in the affidavit that “an individual” — later identified as Goldberg — then started blackmailing the girl, prompting federal authorities to open a “sextortion” investigation. “The individual eventually began to send MV long, ranting messages in which he threatened to or pretended…
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