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Kazakhstan|life|May 12, 2016 / 10:19 AM
Work & Travel students from Kazakhstan reportedly recruited in Miami for erotic massages, sex acts

AKIPRESS.COM - 105569_9346_full A Miami Beach man who recruited foreign students for summertime jobs in South Florida through a U.S. work program was, unbeknownst to them, arranging to have them perform erotic massages and sex acts, according to a federal indictment, Miami's Local10 reports.

Jeffrey Cooper, 46, was charged late Tuesday with sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking by fraud, wire fraud, importation of foreigners for prostitution or immoral purposes and use of a facility of interstate commerce to operate a prostitution enterprise.

According to the 11-count federal indictment, Cooper recruited students from Kazakhstan through the U.S. Department of State's summer Work and Travel program, promising them clerical jobs at a phony yoga studio that he claimed to own.

Federal prosecutors said that Cooper was claiming to be Dr. Janardana Dasa, owner and director of Janardana's Yoga and Wellness S.A.

Prosecutors said that Cooper waited for the foreign students to arrive and then revealed to them that there was no yoga studio and that they would be expected to perform erotic massages and sex acts in exchange for money.

According to the indictment, Cooper was operating a prostitution business and posted advertisements on Backpage.com seeking potential employees and interested customers.

Cooper could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of the sex trafficking charges.

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