A Los Angeles man is accused of attempting to recruit lots of of ladies and women right into a multi-state intercourse trafficking ring, in accordance with prosecutors in Colorado.
Andrew Dominguez, 36, was charged with seven counts by a grand jury in Colorado, officers stated, together with one depend of violating the Colorado Organized Crime Management Act, two counts of tried pimping, two counts of prison impersonation, one depend of extortion and one other depend of tampering with a sufferer or witness.
Based on the indictment, Dominguez had “established relationships” with a number of girls and women throughout a number of states, together with Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and a minor in Arizona.
On Monday, Colorado Atty. Gen. Phil Weiser and Denver Dist. Atty. John Walsh introduced Dominguez’s arrest. Prosecutors allege that Dominguez has contacted lots of of ladies and women on-line, seeking to recruit them right into a intercourse trafficking ring.
In a assertion, officers stated Dominguez started contacting victims in early 2023.
Prosecutors with the Denver district legal professional’s workplace grew to become conscious of Dominguez when, whereas investigating a sexual assault involving a unique suspect, a lady instructed prosecutors she believed she had been included in on-line business intercourse websites for prostitution.
Investigators later decided Dominguez had made the web publish for the girl, officers stated.
Over the course of their investigation, officers tracked lots of of economic intercourse advertisements all through the nation, in accordance with the indictment, with lots of them itemizing an analogous message within the textual content of the advert: “no blacks. no pimps. no thugs. no cops.”
Dominguez allegedly used voice over web protocol numbers, or “VOIP” numbers, which aren’t linked to a bodily telephone however transmit calls and texts by way of the web, making them tougher to hyperlink to an proprietor.
Investigators allege, in accordance with the indictment, that Dominguez used the “VOIP” numbers to advertise intercourse staff on-line, to pose as males on the lookout for intercourse staff, and to extort girls that he’d been unable to recruit for prostitution.
Dominguez threatened to distribute footage and movies of the ladies if they didn’t give him cash or interact in prostitution for him, in accordance with investigators.
Officers stated extra victims might but be recognized.
The 36-year-old was taken into custody in California with the assistance of brokers with the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Fugitive Apprehension Staff and U.S. Marshals.
Officers plan to have him extradited to Colorado to face costs.
