California Sex Trafficker Busted
Eric Omuro, 53, a.k.a. “Red”, was arrested today following his indictment by a federal grand jury on charges involving the use of the mail and the Internet to facilitate prostitution, and multiple counts of money laundering.
Omuro, of Mountain View, California, allegedly used the websites myRedBook.com and sfredbook.com, which were seized by the FBI, to host advertisements for prostitutes in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the West Coast region of the United States.
According to information available on the publicly accessible website as of the date of its seizure by the FBI, myRedbook.com purported to provide “Escort, Massage, and Strip Club Reviews.” However, the websites were used to host advertisements for prostitutes, complete with explicit photos, lewd physical descriptions, menus of sexual services, hourly and nightly rates, and customer reviews of the prostitutes’ services.
Omuro allegedly engaged in money transfers to move myredbook.com revenue into bank accounts which he controlled. According to the Indictment, Omuro engaged in more than twenty monetary transactions to launder the profits derived from the facilitation of prostitution.
Omuro was arrested along with Annemarie Lanoce, 40, of Rocklin, California, who was also indicted and arrested today for use of the mail and the Internet to facilitate prostitution.
The charges in the indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Keith Becker of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elise Becker and Patricia Kenney of the Northern District of California.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office, the IRS, and the Oakland Police Department. The Indictment seeks the forfeiture of more than $5 million in property and money derived from the facilitation of prostitution, as well as the Internet domain names myredbook.com and sfredbook.com.
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Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Violent Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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