New York- A cyber call-girl ring busted last month had a global reach.
An indictment unsealed yesterday alleges that New York Elites sent prostitutes around the world at the request of well-heeled customers.
The indictment was filed against alleged ringleaders Elena Trochtchenkova and her boyfriend, Rady Abdel Salem Abbassy, who were initially charged with dispatching hookers to 22 cities in the United States.
The indictment alleges that prostitutes were dispatched to other locales on two-week "tours." It did not specify where outside of the U.S. the hookers were sent.
While on "tour," prostitutes work out of hotel rooms booked by New York Elites or Exotica 2000, the indictment said. The indictment also alleges that Trochtchenkova and Abbassy used money derived from the prostitution business to fund a Brooklyn seafood eatery, Barracuda Restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Prosecutors said the hooker ring took in $13.5 million between 2001 and 2004.
Trochtchenkova and Abbassy face federal prostitution and money laundering charges. The feds say New York Elites connected hookers to johns through a Web site that promised "stunning European knockouts."
Lawyers for Trochtchenkova and Abbassy could not be reached for comment.
