Ysenni Gomez: Woman charged for luring HUNDREDS of migrants with fake jobs and forcing them into prostitution
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A woman has been arrested and charged with trafficking women. Law enforcement officials believe that more than 100 women have fallen victim to her lies as she would lure them in with fake job advertisements online. FBI agents believe that she has been in the business for over 10 years. The woman targeted illegal migrants and would lure them with the promise of a bright future.
Ysenni Gomez, 39, was taken into custody on August 12, 2022, by the FBI and charged for trafficking women in the Bronx and Westchester County. She allegedly posted fake ads on Facebook, Bedpage.com, and MegaPersonals.com, and would target Spanish-speaking illegal migrants, as per the agents. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Brendan Kenney told The New York Post, "We believe there are likely many more victims. This operation could have been going on for as many as 10 years." Gomez reportedly disguised her flesh trade online by the name of "Chicas Express". Kenney revealed a shocking detail that at least 1,600 ads promoting prostitution on Facebook and the abovementioned sites were linked to Gomez. He continued, "It's horrific conduct. I mean, it's why the FBI places such a large focus on human trafficking investigations, and the identification and recovery of the victims."
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The complaint against Gomez read that she was charged in the Southern District of New York in August with sex trafficking by means of force and a related interstate crime concerning an undocumented Venezuelan woman. The victim helped bring Gomez in and revealed that there was no job and when she tried to leave, she was forced into having sex with men and was threatened by Gomez who would ultimately call the feds on her and deport her. She claimed to have spent the next weeks forced into sex work, having to service three men a night for three nights a week.
Gomez forced over 100 women into prostitution
With a career spanning over 10 years in human trafficking, the FBI believes that Gomez has tricked over 100 women. She was tracked down in early August by law enforcement officials after an undercover officer responded to an ad on Bedpage.com that had a photo of a naked woman on all corners with a text saying, "Yonkers kitty cat available to tease outcall-23." The undercover agent planned the meet the prostitute in a Tarrytown hotel the next day.
Officers mentioned in the complaint that they saw Gomez drop off the victim at the hotel in her black Infiniti SUV as they were waiting in position. Gomez was shortly arrested after the undercover agent talked to the victim via Google Translate. Kenney further said that they were tearing down the whole operation and finding out whether more people were associated with the sex trafficking operation.