Wisconsin Man Receives 13 Years in Prison for Internet Sexual Exploitation of Philippine Minor

Bradley D. Hounsell, 44, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 13 years in prison followed by seven years of supervised release for using the internet to coerce and entice a minor in the Philippines to engage in unlawful sexual conduct, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 14, 2026.

The sentence applies to a single defendant who targeted one identified minor victim overseas. Federal law requires Hounsell to register as a sex offender upon release and pay any court-ordered restitution to the victim. The prison term will be served in a federal Bureau of Prisons facility yet to be designated.

The sentence changes Hounsell's legal status from convicted felon awaiting final punishment to incarcerated offender serving a fixed term that begins immediately. He must serve at least 85 percent of the 13-year term under federal rules before supervised release begins, a shift that locks in a minimum of roughly 11 years behind bars before any community supervision starts.

Downstream, the conviction activates mandatory federal sex-offender registration and monitoring requirements that will follow Hounsell for life after release. The Philippine victim gains access to U.S. restitution processes that can now move forward once the Bureau of Prisons calculates final financial obligations.

The case also adds one more completed prosecution to the Department of Justice's ongoing efforts to pursue Americans who use the internet to sexually exploit minors abroad, which in turn requires continued coordination between U.S. prosecutors, federal investigators and law-enforcement partners in the Philippines.

This sentencing follows the Department of Justice's standard process for cases brought under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), the statute that criminalizes the use of the internet or any facility of interstate commerce to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. The department has pursued similar prosecutions against U.S. residents targeting victims in Southeast Asia in multiple prior years.