Lorain man, woman indicted on child porn charges

U. S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced Nov. 6 that a Lorain man and woman are facing child porn charges.

A federal grand jury sitting in Toledo returned a one- count indictment charging Rosalina C. Dragga, 31, with sexual exploitation of children, according to a news release from Herdman.

Dragga is accused of working with Charles Nakoff Jr., 32, to produce images of child pornography, the release said.

On Oct. 9, a superseding indictment was filed in federal court in the Northern District of Ohio charging Nakoff with transportation of child pornography, receipt and distribution of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of children.

According to court records, in April 2020, law enforcement agents began an investigation into Nakoff after Dropbox Inc. notified law enforcement with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that 215 alleged video files of child pornography were stored in an online account associated with Nakoff.

The investigation eventually established that Nakoff, his wife and Dragga all lived at the same residence at the time the images were transported.

On July 21, law enforcement executed a search warrant at the Lorain residence, and on Nakoff, and six items were seized, including three cell phones and three computers, authorities said.

An onsite forensic preview of Nakoff ’s cellphone resulted in the discovery of alleged child exploitation images and videos involving various underage victims, the release said.

Nakoff was arrested and taken into federal custody.

During an analysis of one of Nakoff ’s electronic devices, a message string of particular interest was found to have occurred between Nakoff and his wife, relating to Dragga, the release said.

This led investigators to a series of videos and images on one of Nakoff’s seized cell phones involving minor victim No. 1 from Lorain, according to the release.

These videos and images depicted an adult male and unidentified female allegedly engaged in sexually explicit conduct with the minor.

I nves t i gators and Dragga identified Nakoff as the male in the files, according to the complaint filed against Dragga.

In addition, investigators determined that Dragga was the unidentified female by using images of Dragga publicly available online to match with the series of images involving the minor, namely distinct visible tattoos on both sets of images, the complaint said.

Dragga informed investigators that she cooperated with Nakoff in the production of these images, according to the complaint.

Authorities arrested Dragga on Oct. 14.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated the cases. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carol M. Skutnik is prosecuting the cases.