Indictment — United States v. Anton Joseph Lazzaro and Gisela Castro Medina (D. Minn., Dkt. 1)
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Indictment in United States v. Anton Joseph Lazzaro and Gisela Castro Medina, Case 0:21-cr-00173-PJS-DTS, Doc. 1, filed August 11, 2021, in the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. The grand jury charges in Count 1 conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors from in or about May 2020 through in or about December 2020, naming minors by the labels Minor Victims A, B, C, D, E, and F. Later counts are headed Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Minor, and Sex Trafficking - Obstruction, citing Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591. Forfeiture allegations under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1594 list property subject to forfeiture, including $371,240.00 in U.S. Currency seized on December 15, 2020.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Criminal No.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INDICTMENT
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THE UNITED STATES GRANO JUNY CHARGES THAT:
COUNT 1
(Conspiracy To Commit Sex Trafficking of Minors)
1. From in or about May 2020 through in or about December 2020, in the State
and District of Minnesota, the defendants,
ANTON JOSEPH LAZZARO,
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GISELA CASTRO MEDINA,
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in and affecting interstate commerce, conspired with each other and others known and ,I
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unknown to the Grand Jury to knowingly recruit; entice, harbor, transport, provide,iobtain,
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maintain, patronize,and solicit minors, namely MINOR VICTIMS A', B, C, D, E, and F
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knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact and having had a reasonable opportunity to
observe that MINOR VICTIMS A, B, C, D, E, and F had not attained the age of 18 years,
to engage in a commercial sex act, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections
1s91(a)(1), I 591(b)(2), I59l(c), and 159a(c).
COUNT 2
(Sex Trafficking of a Minor)
2. From in or about May 2020 through in or about Juine 2020, in the State and
District of Minnesota, the defendants,
ANTON JOSBPH LAZZAR),
a/k/a Tony Lazzaro,
alWa Tony, and
GISELA CASTRO MEDINA.
alWa Gisela Medina.
aiding and abetting one another, in and dffecting interstate commerce, knowingly recruited,
enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, maintained, patronized, and solicited
MINOR VICTIM A to engage in a commercial sex act and attempted to do so; knowing
and in reckless disregard of the fact and having hada reasonable opportunity to observe
that MINOR VICTIM A had not attained the age of 18 years, all in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Sections 1591(a)(1) ,l5gI(bx2), 1591(c), 1594(a), and2.
COUNT 3
(Sex Trafficking of a Minor)
3. From in or about June of 2020 through in or about July of 2020,inthe State
and District of Minnesota, the defendants, .
ANTON JOSEPH LAZZAR]O,
alWa Tony Lazz ro)
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GISELA CASTRO MEDINA,
alUa Gisela Medina,
aiding and abetting one another, in and affecting interstatO commerce, knowingly recruited,
enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, maintained, patronized, and solicited
UfNOn VICTIM B to engage in a commercial sex act and attempted to do so, knowing
and in reckless disregard of the fact and having had a reasonable opportunity to observe
that MINOR VICTIM B had not attained the age of l8 years, all in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Sections I 59 1 (a)( I ), I 59 I (bX2), I59l(c), 1594(a), and 2.
COUNT 4
(Sex Trafficking of a Minor)
4. From in or about June of 2020 through in or about October of 2020; in the i
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ANTON JOSEPH LAZZAR),
alkla Tony Lazzaro,
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GISELA CASTRO MEDINA,
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aiding and abetting one another, in and affecting interstate commerce, knowingly recruited,
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enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, maintained, patronized, and solicited
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MINOR VICTIM C to engage in commercial sex and attempted to do so, knowing and in
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reckless disregard of the fact and having had a reasonable opportunity to observe that
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MINOR VICTIM C had not attained the age of 18 years, all in violation of Title 18,'United
States Code, Sections I 59 I (a)( 1 ), I 59 I (bX2), | 59 1 (c), I 5 94 (a), and 2.
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COUNT 5
(Sex Trafficking of a Minor)
5. From in or about July of 2020 throtgh in or about October of 2020, in the
State and District of Minnesota, the defendants,
ANTON JOSEPH LAZZARO,,
,alUa Tony Lazzaro,,
alWa Tony, and
GISELA CASTRO MEDINA.
zlWa Gisela Medina.
aiding and abetting one another, in and affecting interstate commerce, knowingly recruited,
enticed, harbor'ed, transported, provided, obtained, maintained, patronized, and sblicited
MINOR VICTIM D to engage in a commercial sex act and attempted to do so, knowing
and in reckless disregard of the fact and having had a reasonable opportrrnity to observe
that MINOR VICTIM D had not attained the age of 18 years, all in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Sections 1591(a)(1), 1591(b)(2),l59l(c),1594(a), and2.
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COUNT 6
(Sex Trafficking of a Minor)
6. From in or about July of 2020through in or about October of 2020t,in the
State and District of Minnesota, the defendants,
ANTON JOSEPH LAZZAP(O,
alWa Tony Lazzaro,
alWa Tony, and
GISELA CASTRO MEDINA,
alWa Gisela Medina,
aiding and abetting one another, in and affecting interstate commerce, knowingly recruited,
enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, maintained, patronized, and solicited
MINOR VICTIM E to engage in a commercial sex act and attempted to do so, knowing
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that MINOR VICTIM E had not attained the age of l8 years, all in violation of Title 18, f
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in and affecting interstate commerce, knowingly attempted to recruit, entice, harbor, i"
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knowingly and intentionally obstructed, and attempted to obstruct, and knowingly and
intentionally interfered with and prevented the enforcement of Title 18, United States
Code, Section 1591(a), all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(d).
COUNT 9
(Sex Trafficking - Obstruction)
9. In or about October of 2020, in the State and District of MinneSota, the
defendant,
ANTON JOSEPH LAZZARO,
alWa Tony Lazzaro,
alWa Tony,
knowingly and intentionally obstructed, and attempted to obstruct, and knowin$ly and
intentionally interfered with and prevented the enforcement of Title 18, United States
Code, Section 1591(a), all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section f Slf lA;.
COUNT 10
(Sex Trafficking - Obstruction)
10. In or about March of 2021, in the State and District of Minnesota, the
defendants,
ANTON JOSEPH LAZZARO,
alWa Tony Lazzaro,
alWa Tony, and
GISELA CASTRO MEDINA,
alWa Gisela Medina.
aiding and abetting one another, knowingly and intentionally obstructed, and attempted to
obstruct, and knowingly and intentionally interfered with and.prevented the enforcement
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of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591(a), all in violiition of Title 18, United States
Code, Sections 1591(d) and2.
FORFEITURE ALLEGATIONS
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for the purpose of alleging forfeitures pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section I
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forfeii the following property to the United States pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, jr
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(1) Airy propefi, real or peisonal, involved in, used or intended to be used to
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The property subject to forfeiture includes, birt is not limited to:
the real properfy located at20l l lth Street South, #1920, Minneapolis, MN
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55 402, with property ID number .27 -029 -24' | 4-0 5 8 9 ;
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" a2010 Ferrari convertible, VIN ZFF65LIA9A0I73846;
(c) $371,240.00 in U.S. Currency seized from 201 1lth Street South,'#1920,
Minneapolis, MN 55402 on December 15, 2020;
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(d) a Microsoft Windows Surface Pro-1645 Tablet, serial number
005260t51452;
(e) a Blackberry cellphone, serial number I16383l9l7;
(0 a black Apple iPhone cellphone, serial number DNPVH35SHG7l;
(e) an Alcatel TCL cellphone, serial number 15145008637858;
(h) a Xiamoi cellphone, serial number 1884828\rN00206;
(i) 4 Thumb Drives seized from 201 l lth Street South, #1920, Minneapolis, MN
55402 on December 15. 2020:
(') 14 SD Cards seized from 201 llth Street South, #1920, Minneapolis, MN
55402 on December 15" 2020:
(k) a silver Dell XPS laptop, serial number 6KGP9H2114298070070;
(l) a Dell Inspiron 3593 laptop, serial number JVMV943143211725539;
(m) a graylblack Motorola Moto e5 cellphone, serial number ZY323G7XXF;
(n) a white/black Motorola One cellphone, IMEI: 352169100855557;
(o) an LG LM-X2l0APM cellphone, serial number 001VTYK861266;
(p) an Apple iPhone model A1662 cellphone seized from 201 1lth Street South,
#1920, Minneapolis, MN 55402 on December 15, 2020;
(q) an LG model LM-X210APM cellphone, serial number 809VTFW4LL65I;
(r) a black/silver Apple iPhone, model A1549 seized from 201 llth Street
South, #1920, Minneapolis, MN 55402 on December 15, 2020;
(s) a Bittium Tough Mobile 2 cellphone with IMEI: 357320100013706;
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(t) a GPS tracker seized from 201 1lth Street Southi #1920, Minneapolis, MN
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(u) a Blackberry cellphone with'\Z GB SD Card with IMEI: 015103000107958;
(v) a Microsoft Windows Surface tablet with charging cord seized from 2b I 1 lth
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Street South, #1920, Minneapolis, MN 55402 on December'15, 2020;
" (w) an Apple iPhone 11, serial number FK2ZJ2BINT2J;
(x) an Appie iPad Pro-A1701 with charger, serial number DMPVP02WJ28N;
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