A New York woman of Latino origin was arrested and accused of sex trafficking by FBI agents who suspect she has "hundreds" of victims in the last 10 years.
Ysenni Gomez, 39, was arrested on August 12 and charged with sex trafficking of women in the Bronx and Westchester County, according to the FBI, although details of her arrest were not made public until Tuesday, NBC reported. New York.
The woman posted ads in Spanish through Facebook, Bedpage.com and MegaPersonals.com to try to attract immigrant women to waitressing jobs in Manhattan, according to the FBI.
Ysenni Gómez.FBI
An undocumented Venezuelan immigrant reported Gomez, telling authorities he forced her to have sex with men, threatening to call police for deportation if she didn't.
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Gómez cornered his victims and ordered them to get into the car, according to the Venezuelan woman.
She also recounted that she spent the next few weeks forced into sex work, serving three men a night for three days a week.
Federal authorities uncovered more than 1,600 Gomez-related ads in the past 10 years.
The woman used nicknames like
Ysenni Peguero
and
Carolina
, as well as the false company
Chicas Express
.
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**If you believe you are a victim of human trafficking, contact a New York State regional service provider or the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888. You can also text “HELP” to 233733 (BeFree). If you have an emergency, contact your local police department or dial 911.