A U.S. Air Force airman is accused of posing as a 13-year-old in the online video game Roblox and on social media to prey on children – including a girl from New Jersey, according to prosecutors.

David Ibarra, 31, was arraigned Wednesday in a New York federal court after being arrested in February in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was serving on active duty in the Air Force, prosecutors said in a statement.

A judge ordered him to be held pending trial on charges including sexual exploitation of a child.

The charges are related to a 9-year-old girl from Long Island.

Prosecutors say the girl met Ibarra on TikTok in August and he asked her to communicate with him on Roblox, telling her he was a 13-year-old boy living in Texas.

He is accused of coercing the girl to text him from her phone and eventually directed her to create explicit videos and images while sending her money via Apple Pay.

Ibarra paid her $191 in a series of 17 transactions, prosecutors say.

The girl’s mother eventually became aware of the messages and posed as an older sister to gather more information about Ibarra. He ultimately sent the mother a selfie revealing part of his face, according to the indictment.

Investigators used Ibarra’s El Paso, Texas-based phone number and searched his iCloud account to confirm his identity, according to prosecutors.

Officials say Ibarra admitted to paying the girl for the images, saying he thought the victim was 12.

Prosecutors say he acknowledged coercing other girls into sending explicit images, including one in New Jersey.

Ibarra has been “in an unpaid status” since his arrest, according to Air Force officials.