Criminal enterprise indicted in EDNY for sex trafficking and assaults across the U.S.
A 31-count superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday has implicated three new defendants in connection to a broad-reaching criminal operation responsible for the sex trafficking, beating and robbery of numerous women throughout the United States. This Queens-based organization has had a disturbing national footprint.
Yuan Yuan Chen, also known as “Xiao Pang,” Yichu Chen and Johnnie Kim are the new additions to a growing list of alleged participants in the criminal syndicate. They join Rong Rong Xu, known as “Eleanor,” Siyang Chen, Siyu Chen (alias “Ban Ban”), Carlos Cury (alias “Red”), Bo Jiang, Meizhen Song, also known as “Die Die,” and Jilong Yu as co-defendants.
The charges encompass a range of disturbing allegations from racketeering conspiracy to assault in-aid-of racketeering. The arrests, executed earlier today, come ahead of the scheduled arraignment this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo.