LOS ANGELES
A federal judge sentenced a Los Angeles man today to 150 years in prison for sexually abusing three minor girls during trips to Russia over a two-year period, according to federal officials.
In November 2015, a jury convicted Yusef Yunosovich Abramov, 58, of five felony counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II of California also imposed a lifetime term of supervised release.
The evidence in court indicated the following:
In June 2009, Abramov, a dual Russian and U.S. citizen, flew from Los Angeles to Russia, and shortly after his arrival, he raped a 12-year-old girl and threatened to sever her head and play soccer with it if she told anyone about the abuse.
In November 2009, Abramov again traveled to Russia and engaged in further sexual abuse of minor girls.
Trial evidence also showed that in March 2010, believing that local schoolgirls had contacted the police, Abramov and two accomplices cornered three minor girls. Abramov threatened all three girls while wielding a knife and each man then raped one of the girls, according to officials.
The evidence showed that after threatening the girls’ lives, Abramov continued to rape at least two of the girls during that trip and subsequent trips to Russia.