A Criminal Complaint
FILED SEALED OCT 10 2019 CLERK US DISTRICICOURT SOUTHERN DISTRICTOF CALIFORNIA BY DEPUTY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICTOF CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Case No.: 1 Plaintiff COMPLAINTFOR VIOLATION OF: Title 18, . S. C ., Section 1591( a ) and (b)(1) MICHAEL JAMES PRATT ( 1) Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or MATTHEW ISAACWOLFE ( 2 ), Coercion ; Title 18, U . S. C . , Section 1594 ( ) RUBEN ANDREGARCIA (3) , Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking by VALORIE MOSER ( 4 ), Force , Fraud , or Coercion ; and Title 18 , U . S . C ., Section 1594( d ) Criminal Defendants. Forfeiture The undersigned Complainant, being duly sworn , states: Count 1 (18 U .S . C . ) In or aboutMay 2015 , within the Southern District of California and elsewhere, defendants MICHAEL JAMES PRATT,MATTHEW WOLFE, and RUBEN ANDRE GARCIA , in and affecting interstate commerce, knowingly did recruit, entice, harbor, transport , provide, obtain, advertise,maintain, patronize, and solicit, by any means a person, to wit, Adult Female 1( AF 1”), knowing and in reckless disregard ofthe fact Complaint 1 means of force , threats of force, fraud, coercion, and any combination of such means, willbe usedto cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act; in violation || Title 18 United States Code, Section 1591 a ) and(b)( 1). Count 2 (18 U . S . C . 1591) or about October 2013, within the Southern District of California and 7 elsewhere, defendants MICHAEL JAMES PRATT, MATTHEW WOLFE, and RUBEN ANDRE GARCIA , in and affecting interstate commerce, knowingly did recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain , advertise, maintain , patronize, and solicit by any means a person, to wit, Adult Female 2 (“ AF-2 ,knowingand in reckless disregard of the fact thatmeans of force, threats of force, fraud, coercion, and any combination of such means,will be used to cause the person to engage in a commercial act in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591(a ) and (b)(1).
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