Overview
- Judge Marco Martinelli of the Juzgado Penal Colegiado Nº 1 de Tunuyán approved a plea deal for Benjamín Elías Marín Mendoza, 47, resulting in a three-year conditional sentence.
- Prosecutor Flavio D’Amore charged him with distribution of images of sexual exploitation or abuse of minors following evidence gathered from private messaging.
- According to the case file, the man posed as a child on Roblox, obtained the 13-year-old’s WhatsApp number, and then pressured her to send intimate photos until her mother discovered the chats.
- Local outlets report this is the first known conviction in Mendoza for grooming carried out via the Roblox platform.
- Mendoza’s education authority has blocked Roblox on school networks as a preventive measure, with similar restrictions reported in other jurisdictions.