Courts can order persons convicted of federal sex crimes to pay fines of up to $250,000 and according to 18 U.S. Code Sections 2251 and 2252 – defendants could receive the following prison sentences; a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 30 years for production of child pornography, five year minimum and a maximum of 10 years for the importation of child pornography from overseas, minimum of five years and no more than 20 years in federal prison for the possession, distribution, and receipt of child porn images, and any additional underlying convictions (tax evasion, assault, kidnapping, money laundering, etc.) could extend a potential federal sex crime related sentence beyond 30 years’ incarceration.