{"id":9501,"date":"2015-02-20T13:57:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T21:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=9501"},"modified":"2015-02-20T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T21:58:00","slug":"long-beach-pimp-gets-20-years-in-prison-ten-victims-get-866244-as-restitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=9501","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Pimp Gets 20 Years in Prison; Ten Victims Get $866,244 as Restitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Federal<\/a>LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2013 A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Long Beach pimp to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking young women who he forced to work as prostitutes, according to officials.<\/p>\n

\u00a0U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton Roshaun<\/strong> also ordered that Nakia Porter,<\/strong> 39, \u00a0be put on supervised release for 10 years.\u00a0In addition to the prison term, Judge Staton<\/strong> ordered Porter to pay $866,244 in restitution<\/strong> to 10 victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cPorter was the mastermind of a criminal enterprise who compelled numerous vulnerable women to surrender their bodies for considerable profit and personal sexual gratification,\u201d federal prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed with the court.<\/p>\n

Noting, \u201cPorter\u2019s callous and calculated conduct robbed his victims of their freedom, dignity and the proceeds of the illicit activities he compelled them to perform. For a period of almost two years, Porter engaged in calculated profiteering by enslaving and prostituting his victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter plead guilty in July 2014 to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion.<\/p>\n

Porter\u2019s co-defendant and prot\u00e9g\u00e9 in the operation \u2013 Marquis Monte Horn<\/strong>, 40, also of Long Beach \u2013 was sentenced in October by Judge Staton to \u00a0six years and \u00a0six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

Judge Staton also ordered Horn to pay $69,719 in restitution to one victim of the sex trafficking operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cPorter masterminded a reprehensible sex trafficking enterprise that caused extreme trauma and lasting injury to victims,\u201d said Acting U.S.Attorney Stephanie Yonekura.<\/strong> \u201cOver the course of nearly two years, Porter victimized young women with flagrant lies, bogus romantic overtures and acts of violence as he forced them to give up their bodies for his profit. This conduct is intolerable and warrants the lengthy sentence issued today by the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to court documents and admissions in court, between 2010 and April 2012, Porter masterminded a scheme in which he exploited young women, including foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, by prostituting them in Orange County.<\/p>\n

Using various deceptive means \u2013 including false online personal advertisements posted on www.craigslist.com, www.modelmayhem.com and www.seekingarrangements.com \u2013 and fraudulent promises of legitimate employment, Porter reaped substantial illicit profits by luring his victims into personal relationships with him and, thereafter, compelling them to prostitute and provide him the proceeds from their commercial sex acts.<\/p>\n

To compel the victims into compliance, Porter used physical violence, psychological abuse, threats to harm the victims\u2019 family members and other coercive means.<\/p>\n

Horn admitted that between December 2010 and April 2012, he conspired to recruit and entice victims into Porter\u2019s prostitution ring.<\/p>\n

Two other defendants pleaded guilty in connection with this case and are scheduled to be sentenced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n