(KRON) — A San Jose man has been arrested and charged for allegedly intercourse trafficking a 17-year-old minor in Boston, based on the USA Division of Justice. Ibrahim Abdul-Alim Bin Haji Yahya Abdul-Malik, 37, was arrested Monday in California and made an preliminary look within the Northern District of California.
He is because of seem in federal courtroom in Boston at a later date, officers stated.
Charging paperwork cited by the DOJ point out that on Dec. 11, 2024, regulation enforcement acquired discover {that a} 17-year-old minor was being marketed for industrial intercourse acts on-line within the Boston space. The minor sufferer had been reported lacking from her house in Ohio in August 2024, officers stated.
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Investigators discovered commercials containing images of the minor sufferer and a telephone quantity used to rearrange industrial intercourse encounters with the sufferer. Undercover regulation enforcement officers responded to the commercial and organized for a “commercial sex date” at a Cambridge resort, the DOJ stated.
On the resort, police recovered the sufferer and seized her iPhone as proof.
Additional investigation revealed that Malik started trafficking the sufferer round Nov. 13, 2024 in different states the place he posted industrial intercourse commercials for the minor on web sites. Malik allegedly lied in regards to the sufferer’s age on the web sites, falsely indicating she was 20 years outdated.
In looking out the sufferer’s telephone, officers discovered messages from Malik in regards to the sufferer partaking in industrial intercourse with consumers. Malik additionally directed the sufferer to have funds for intercourse despatched to a Zelle account managed by him.
Malik allegedly would verify receipt of the cash and maintain the income for himself. Malik, the DOJ stated, fled Boston instantly after the Dec. 11 undercover operation, flying to San Jose.
If convicted of intercourse trafficking a baby, Malik may face a compulsory sentence of 10 years and as much as life in jail, with a minimum of 5 years and as much as a lifetime of supervised launch, together with a high-quality as much as $250,000.
