{"id":106362,"date":"2017-05-04T16:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=106362"},"modified":"2017-05-04T16:10:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:10:26","slug":"ex-nypd-officer-gets-15-months-running-58-escort-web-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/ex-nypd-officer-gets-15-months-running-58-escort-web-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NYPD officer gets 15 months for running 58 escort web sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014A former officer of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) was sentenced Thursday after being found guilty of conspiring to launder the proceeds of a prostitution enterprise. The arrest and subsequent conviction followed an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Rizzi, 45, of Staten Island, NY, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, ordered to forfeit 58 websites and $120,247 seized from merchant accounts, as well as the Florida vacation home that the he had purchased using proceeds of his prostitution operation. The sentencing followed his guilty plea to one count of conspiring to launder the proceeds of a prostitution enterprise between June 2012 and May 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaving behind a life of public service as a member of the NYPD, Michael Rizzi retired into the life of a pimp, running a high end prostitution ring and laundering the proceeds of those crimes,\u201d said Angel M. Melendez, special agent in charge of HSI New York. \u201cThe forfeiture of Rizzi\u2019s vacation home, on top of his jail sentence, shows that HSI will continue to aggressively target those who run illegal prostitution rings, as well as proceeds that are generated by this illegal activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106363\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106363\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extralarge-1.jpg\" alt=\"DNA Info\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extralarge-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extralarge-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DNA Info<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As detailed in prior court filings, Rizzi operated a prostitution service under the name BJM\/Manhattan Stakes and Entertainment (BJM). BJM advertised its services on dozens of websites, including nycescortsnyc.com, and eliteescortsnyc.com, among others. BJM employed phone bookers to arrange appointments between prostitutes and BJM\u2019s customers, as well as drivers who collected cash and receipts from BJM\u2019s prostitutes.<\/p>\n<p>The prostitutes working for BJM charged their customers as much as $2,000 per hour. The investigation into the company\u2019s financial records has revealed that several of BJM\u2019s clients spent more than $100,000 on the company\u2019s services, and that some clients paid more than $25,000 for a single night. Over the course of its operations, BJM collected millions of dollars in payments, including more than $2 million in credit card payments between October 2012 and March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>BJM is a successor to Pure Platinum Models, another company that offered prostitution services. Following an investigation by HSI, Pure Platinum Models was closed in 2014 and its owner, Marc Schulman, was convicted in the Eastern District of New York of laundering more than $1 million dollars through the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014A former officer of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) was sentenced Thursday after being found guilty of conspiring to launder the proceeds of a prostitution enterprise. The arrest and subsequent conviction followed an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York. 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