Anton Panin, Operating Extensive Prostitution Enterprise, Pennsylvania 2025

HARRISBURG - A Russian national was sentenced to 46 months in prison for running an extensive and long-running prostitution enterprise in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Anton Panin, 43, was sentenced by United States District Judge Keli M. Neary on October 14, 2025, for conspiring to transport and entice individuals to engage in prostitution.

According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, Panin pleaded guilty to the charges and was found to have operated a prostitution enterprise called XO Companions (or XOC) from at least 2016 until his arrest in 2023.

Panin and others recruited women in Russia and other Eastern European countries to travel to the United States to work as prostitutes for XO Companions.

Once in the United States, XO Companions workers traveled throughout the country to meet with clients in major cities.

At Panin's direction, XO Companions workers transferred a significant portion of the prostitution proceeds to him.

Additionally, Panin operated a password-protected website through which clients could view schedules, view services offered, reserve time, and provide reviews.

Following his criminal sentence, Panin will be transferred to ICE custody for removal proceedings.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlo D. Marchioli prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/russian-national-sentenced-46-months-prison-running-extensive-prostitution-enterprise