User:Eastlaw/Enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity

Enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity is a Class B felony under U.S. federal law pursuant to, if the mail, by Internet, or any other means that the courts regard as interstate commerce is used. There is a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years and a maximum of 30. Pursuant to, the base offense level is 28, but there is a cross-reference to providing that it shall be punished as criminal sexual abuse if the resulting offense level would be higher. Steep enhancements (of at least 8 levels) apply if the offense involved a minor who had not attained the age of 12 years. There is also a two-level enhancement if the offense involved a computer. Project Safe Childhood and similar initiatives have conducted police stings in which local police officers pose as minors online and seek to have people attempt to entice them into sex. The offenders are then arrested, sometimes by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.