A Massachusetts man, Marvin Pompilus, 39, of Stoughton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl.
Court documents indicate that between October 2021 and October 2022, Pompilus conspired to use force, threats, fraud, and coercion to force three adults into commercial sex acts in Randolph, Massachusetts.
Pompilus also conspired to compel a fourth victim to engage in commercial sex acts in September 2022.
Additionally, he pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine and fentanyl with intent to distribute in September 2022.
Pompilus was arrested in November 2023 and has been in federal custody since.
Court documents show that Pompilus targeted his victims because they struggled with opioid and cocaine addiction. He promised them drugs like cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl in exchange for engaging in commercial sex, keeping all the profits for himself.
In September 2022, when the Randolph Police stopped Pompilus’ car, they found cocaine and fentanyl hidden in his pants.
Pompilus had previously been convicted in February 2018 in Suffolk Superior Court on multiple counts of trafficking a person for sexual servitude and deriving support from prostitution.
He was sentenced to six years in state prison and released in October 2021.
Just days after his release, he began the sex trafficking conspiracy he pleaded guilty to on Tuesday.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 23. Pompilus faces up to 12 years in prison.
“Marvin Pompilus admitted today that as soon as he got out of state prison for sex trafficking, he started doing it again, targeting and exploiting four vulnerable women using violence and threats to force them to engage in commercial sex,” said Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen of the FBI Boston Field Office. “What he did is unconscionable, and the harm he’s inflicted on these women is immeasurable. The FBI will do everything in its power to protect trafficking victims from further harm and see the predators who so viciously abuse them brought to justice.”
The FBI Boston Field Office, Massachusetts State Police and Randolph Police Department investigated the case.
Chief of the Civil Rights and Human Trafficking Unit Liz Riley-Cunniffe for the District of Massachusetts and Trial Attorney Meghan Tokash of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit are prosecuting the case.