Nigerian Felix Omoruyi faces life in U.S. prison over sex trafficking of women, minor
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas returned an eight-count superseding indictment charging Felix Omoruyi, 39, of DeSoto, Texas, with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, sex trafficking of a minor, and related charges.
According to a statement on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice, from December 2007 through November 2025, Mr Omoruyi compelled five adult women to perform commercial sex acts in Texas and elsewhere for his financial benefit.
Mr Omoruyi trafficked one of those women beginning when she was a minor.
After his arrest on the initial indictment in November 2025, he also corruptly attempted to destroy evidence and obstruct and interfere with his prosecution by contacting victims and witnesses to influence their statements and testimony.
Mr Omoruyi is charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; sex trafficking of a minor; attempt to destroy, alter, or conceal a document or object; and obstruction and interference with the enforcement of the sex trafficking statute.
If convicted of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, he faces a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison along with mandatory restitution.
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