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(Alexandria, VA) – Pili Cinese Greenfield, 30, of Lanham, Maryland, pled guilty today to a federal charge of sex trafficking of a minor in connection with his business of managing several prostitutes in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office, also announced that Greenfield faces a mandatory minimum term of 10 years in federal prison, a maximum term of life imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000, when he is sentenced by United States District Judge Claude M. Hilton on November 14, 2008.

According to court documents, Greenfield was a pimp for several prostitutes, including two juvenile victim prostitutes in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Greenfield used Craigslist on the Internet to solicit customers by posting advertisements for his prostitutes. In or about mid-May of 2007, Greenfield transported approximately three of his prostitutes, including one juvenile victim prostitute, from Maryland to the Hampton, Virginia, area for the purpose of prostitution. While in the Hampton area, Greenfield advertised the juvenile prostitute’s services on the Internet, and she engaged in sexual acts for money while working for Greenfield.

In or about September of 2007, another juvenile prostitute began working for Greenfield. On or about September 1, 2007, Greenfield transported the second juvenile prostitute and another of his prostitutes from outside of Virginia to a hotel in Arlington, Virginia, for the purpose of prostitution. While at the hotel, the prostitutes advertised their services on the Internet and engaged in sexual acts for money while working for Greenfield.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorneys Morris R. Parker, Jr. and Stephanie Bibighaus Hammerstrom are prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/vae. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.uspci.uscourts.gov.

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