NEW YORK — Prominent actual property brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon have been indicted on intercourse trafficking fees in New York.
Oren and Tal Alexander are the founders of the luxurious actual property agency Official, which has workplaces in Manhattan and Miami Beach. Alon Alexander is Oren’s twin and labored on the household’s personal safety agency.
Officials from the FBI and the U.S. lawyer’s workplace for the Southern District of New York held a information convention Wednesday to announce the fees. They alleged the brothers ran a intercourse trafficking scheme and allegedly assaulted dozens of ladies from 2010, after they have been in highschool, as much as 2021.
“The defendants used their wealth and positions to create and facilitate alternatives to sexually assault ladies,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams introduced. “In explicit, Oren and Tal Alexander used their distinguished positions in the actual property business to induce ladies to return to occasions and events. At these events, and typically afterwards, the ladies have been sexually assaulted by a number of of the defendants.”
“We is not going to enable such a alleged conduct to go unimpeded. Predators forcing victims into sexual acts can not and won’t be tolerated,” FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Dennehy added.
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Williams mentioned the brothers organized home and worldwide journeys the place they carried out their alleged crimes, and recruited ladies by offering issues like journey, luxurious lodging and entry to unique occasions. He mentioned they met their alleged victims in individual, over social media and on relationship apps.
“At instances, the defendants hand-picked the ladies to ask. At different instances, they used paid get together promoters to supply ladies for them,” mentioned Williams.
Williams mentioned the brothers and different males gave the ladies medication, together with cocaine, mushrooms and GHB, which allegedly “precipitated a number of the ladies to be bodily unable to combat again or to flee.”
“Then, as alleged, the Alexander brothers — typically appearing alone, typically with one another, and typically with different males — forcibly raped and assaulted the ladies,” mentioned Williams.
Williams referred to as the alleged crimes “heinous” and inspired anybody with further data to contact his workplace at 212-384-2700 or the FBI at 1-800-CALLFBI or alexander-case@fbi.gov.
Meanwhile, officers in Miami Beach have been scheduled to hold their own briefing on the multistate investigation. Williams mentioned the brothers will likely be transported as much as New York to face these fees.
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