Indian American Man in California Sentenced to More Than 19 Years for Producing Child Pornography
- Ranbir Singh, 47, of San Pablo, admitted to engaging in sexual acts with a female minor in an Alameda County hotel room.
Ranbir Singh, 47, of San Pablo, California has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison in Oakland federal court for the production of child pornography. After serving his term in prison, Singh will be subject to a 15-year supervised release, according to a DOJ press release.
Singh pleaded guilty on Sept.15, 2021, and admitted to engaging in sexual acts in an Alameda County hotel room with a 16-year-old female high school student. He was 38 at the time.
Citing the plea agreement, the DOJ press release noted that Singh set up a video camera in the hotel room before he persuaded the minor female to engage in sex acts. Singh admitted to positioning the camera to record the acts. The minor female repeatedly protested during sex and told Singh to stop, but he continued.
Singh further admitted that earlier, in January 2013, he video-recorded the same minor female sitting in a car’s backseat in a compromising and exposed sexual position.
According to a memo filed for sentencing, Singh first contacted the minor female on Facebook after he observed her at a local temple when she was 14. A year later, he made in-person contact with her. He lied to her about his age, despite being married with three children. In the months that followed, Singh picked up the minor female from her high school after classes or during breaks. He made ongoing attempts to pressure her into sexual acts.
Singh also admitted in his plea agreement that in May 2013, he traveled to a casino hotel in Placer County with a different minor female, also a minor. He enticed her onto the trip using a ruse about tickets to a concert. Singh admitted in his plea agreement that he rented a casino hotel room for them. Once in the room, Sing showed her his video with the other minor female and then engaged in sex with her.
The DOJ press release notes that Singh’s conduct traumatized both minor female victims. “The first victim suffered severe adverse consequences that have become well documented,” the press release said. “The second victim could not, years later, describe what happened in the Placer County hotel without weeping uncontrollably.”