Alexander brothers Alon, Oren and Tal indicted on intercourse trafficking costs in New York

NEW YORK — Distinguished actual property brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon have been indicted on intercourse trafficking costs in New York.

Oren and Tal Alexander are the founders of the luxurious actual property agency Official, which has workplaces in Manhattan and Miami Seashore. Alon Alexander is Oren’s twin and labored on the household’s personal safety agency. 

Authorities say they ran a intercourse trafficking scheme assaulting dozens of girls between 2010 and 2021. Officers from the FBI and the U.S. legal professional’s workplace for the Southern District of New York held a information convention in New York Metropolis to announce the fees. 

“The defendants used their wealth and positions to create and facilitate alternatives to sexually assault girls,” U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams introduced Wednesday. “Specifically, Oren and Tal Alexander used their outstanding positions in the actual property business to induce girls 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.”

In the meantime, officers in Miami Seashore are holding their very own briefing on the multistate investigation. Watch dwell on CBS Information Miami right here.

Williams mentioned the brothers organized home and worldwide journeys the place they carried out their alleged crimes, and recruited girls by offering issues like journey, luxurious lodging and entry to unique occasions. He mentioned they met their alleged victims in particular person, over social media and on relationship apps.

“At instances, the defendants hand-picked the ladies to ask. At different instances, they used paid occasion promoters to supply girls for them,” mentioned Williams. 

Williams mentioned the brothers and different males gave the ladies medication, together with cocaine, mushrooms and GHB, which allegedly “induced among the girls to be bodily unable to combat again or to flee.”

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