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U.S. v. VENTURA

No. 15-4808.

864 F.3d 301 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. German De Jesus VENTURA, a/k/a Chino, a/k/a Chalo, a/k/a Pancho, a/k/a Chaco, a/k/a Oscar, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Erek Lawrence Barron , WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON, LLP, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant. Rachel Miller Yasser , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, P. Michael Cunningham , Assistant United States Attorney, Melanie Goldberg , Student Law Clerk, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Keenan joined.

Appellant German de Jesus Ventura and his co-defendant, Kevin Garcia Fuertes, ran several brothels in Annapolis, Maryland. Eventually, their seedy empire was exposed, resulting in the prosecution of Ventura and Fuertes in the District of Maryland. In a seven-count indictment, Ventura was charged with sex trafficking and related...

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