Knoxville man accused of employing 400 prostitutes for call girl service

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samsung1
Ohio
July 17, 2010
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Knoxville man is accused of running a call girl service in Knox and surrounding counties that employed 400 prostitutes.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports 36-year-old Selvin Salvador Perdomo was arrested this week after a year of surveillance by an FBI task force.

The FBI claims Perdomo almost exclusively employed female illegal immigrants. He is charged under the Mann Act, which makes it a crime to transport people across state lines or U.S. borders for prostitution.

Perdomo's attorney, Tracy Jackson Smith, didn't return a call to the News Sentinel. Perdomo waived a Friday detention hearing and remained jailed in Blount County.

http://www.wreg.com/news/sns-ap-tn--pros…

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Dudester
14 years ago
Right now, I'm nominating him for TUSCL's Man of the Year (but I'll wait for other worthy candidates also).
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CTQWERTY
14 years ago
Strange in that I was just looking at the Knoxville clubs for a possible road trip. The Mouse Ear came up #1, but sounds like a place to tip at as there's little contact, etc. So where are all the U. of T. coeds making their part-time money??? Oh, wait, Sam just posted it at the start of this thread. [Kind of like DC -- so few strip clubs and those that are in operation are poor return for dollar spent. Open the Yellow Pages in DC and find LOADS of escort ads...]
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bhunter5252
14 years ago
Why would he have to go outside Knoxville to find talent for work like this?
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CTQWERTY
14 years ago
Oops. I should've read further, but I was in a rush to say my piece and move onto other things.
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vincemichaels
14 years ago
bhunter, I don't doubt there are plenty of people anywhere in the USA who need the cash, I've been through Knoxville recently. It's a nice city, but there's enough unemployment there, that I'm sure the cash he promises the women persuades them to work for him
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sanitago
14 years ago
bhunter5252,
probably uses illegals so he can pay them next to nothing and keep the bulk of the money the johns give them for himself. in short, another human-trafficking scumbag.
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