Federal authorities arrested a 24-year-old Eastvale man on Thursday, March 9, after he was charged with producing child pornography, officials said.

Francisco Javier Soledad was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, according to a release from U.S. Department of Justice.

A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court says authorities believe Soledad assumed the persona of a young person and later an adult woman on social media site Snapchat to convince a 13-year-old Illinois boy to send a sexually explicit video, according to the release.

When the boy blocked Soledad, officials say, Soledad is accused of threatening the boy via multiple Snapchat accounts and texts to publish the video on social media unless the boy sent more videos.

After the boy’s parents reported the interaction to authorities, agents with Homeland Security Investigations went to Soledad’s home. The complaint says that Soledad admitted victimizing the Illinois boy and other children in a similar fashion.

The agents found evidence of five additional victims between the ages of 12 and 15 living in Illinois, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee and California after a review of the Eastvale man’s digital devices, according to officials.

In each of the instances, they say, each of the children appeared to have been coerced.

Officials say over 5,000 images and videos of pornography, much of it self-produced, were found on the devices. Not all of the victims have been identified by law enforcement, they say.

Soledad was expected to be arraigned in the next couple of weeks.

If he’s convicted of producing child pornography, Soledad could receive a minimum of 15 years in federal prison and as much as 30 years.

Officials are encouraging anyone with information about Soledad or his Snapchat handle, “linkinparkrocks,” to call HSI’s toll-free tip line at 1-866-234-7423.