BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston man has been charged with allegedly trafficking a minor he met on social media for commercial sex acts, according to U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins.
Jimall Dawn Brown, 33, was charged with one count of sex trafficking of a minor. Brown was arrested Thursday morning and will appear in federal court in Boston Thursday.
“Human trafficking – which includes both sex and labor trafficking – is a form of slavery that causes unimaginable harm through exploitation and degradation,” Rollins said. “It is an assault on an individual’s dignity and is an urgent threat to public safety and public health. Human Trafficking impacts people across races, genders, age, immigration status, and socio-economic statuses and is often perpetrated against the most vulnerable among us – in this case, a child.”
According to the charging document, Brown trafficked a 17-year-old victim to engage in sex acts. He met the victim, who lives outside the state, on social media. He induced and coerced her to fly to Boston for “a better lifestyle.” Brown posted ads featuring the victim online arranged “dates” for the victim to have sex for money. He allegedly set the prices for the commercial sex acts she engaged in and collected all the profit, which totaled thousands of dollars, Rollins said.
Brown allegedly coerced the victim to fly to Georgia then Nevada this past spring for her to engage in commercial sex and keep the profit.
Local law enforcement in Massachusetts met with the victim and she alleged that Brown told her she’d have a better life with him, but once she did so, he prevented her from leaving. Allegedly, when the victim attempted to leave, Brown would threaten her or beat her up.
The charge of sex trafficking of a minor provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison, five years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
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