ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A man and woman accused of running a prostitution business out of an Orlando luxury high-rise are facing a slew of charges following their arrests.
Jason Beaumont, 29, and Jessica Gonzalez-Santiago, 27, were arrested on Dec. 7 on charges of running a prostitution ring comprised of women coerced into working for them.
About a dozen women were involved -- some marked with a “J” to show they belonged to Beaumont -- but only two have been identified, the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation said.
Photos: Human trafficking, prostitution bust
The women were advertised at themillionaireschoice.com, the bureau said.
The “high-end” operation netted hundreds of thousands of dollars for Beaumont and Gonzalez-Santiago, investigators said. Property seized from the pair included luxury cars and two Mercedes-Benz party buses, which investigators said were used as mobile sex units.
The women involved in the prostitution ring did not receive any of the money they earned, the MBI said.
Beaumont was charged with using coercion in the commission of sexual activity, human trafficking, money laundering of, or more than, $100,000, violation of the RICO Act, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, unlawful use of a two-way communication device and maintaining a structure for the purpose of prostitution.
He was being held at the Orange County Jail on bonds totaling more than $120,000.
Gonzalez-Santiago was charged with human trafficking, violation of the RICO Act and living off the earnings procured by prostitution.
She was being held in lieu of bonds totaling more than $100,000.
WFTV
