( CNN ) -- A Cambodian court Wednesday sentenced a 68-year-old Michigan man to 10 years in prison for having sex with children . Phillip Bruce Shepard was arrested in the capital , Phnom Penh , in July . The anti-pedophile group Action Pour les Enfants said the case involved Shepard buying sex from 17 girls and abusing two brothers aged 12 and 14 . `` He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for purchasing child prostitution , '' said Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor Ek Chheng Huot . Officials said Shepard was a doctor , working at a private clinic in the capital , before his arrest . Cambodia is categorized by the U.S. government as a destination country for foreign child sex tourists , with increasing reports of Asian men traveling to Cambodia in order to have sex with underage virgin girls , according to a comprehensive 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report . The U.S. State Department report states a significant proportion of trafficking victims in Cambodia are ethnic Vietnamese women and girls who are forced into prostitution in brothels and karaoke bars .
The case involved the abuse of two girls aged 12 and 14 . Phillip Bruce Shepard receives 10 years for buying child prositution . He was arrested in July . Cambodia is categorized as a destination country for foreign child sex tourists .