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Man who tricked women into having sex with promise of porn movie stardom pleads guilty

A 34-year-old Raymore man pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from a long-running scheme to dupe women into having sex.

Mario Ambrose Antoine pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to one count of wire fraud. Attorneys will jointly recommend a prison sentence of 10 years as part of the plea agreement.

He was charged last October in the case in which he was accused of victimizing six women since 2011.

But federal prosecutors said that they believed there were more victims.

A 34-year-old Raymore man pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from a long-running scheme to dupe women into having sex.

Mario Ambrose Antoine pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to one count of wire fraud. Attorneys will jointly recommend a prison sentence of 10 years as part of the plea agreement.

In Friday’s plea agreement, Antoine agreed that the scheme involved 10 or more victims, who collectively were promised between $550,000 to $1.5 million after signing what they thought were legitimate contracts.

According to court documents filed by prosecutors:

Antoine convinced the women that he managed several overseas pornography websites, and created online aliases, promoting himself as a talent manager, photographer or videographer.

He claimed to work for fictitious companies with names like “Playboy Worldwide,” “Playboy Asia” and “Dash Agency.”

Under the guise of auditioning women for jobs with his companies, Antoine convinced them to engage in sexual and pornographic activity, according to prosecutors.

Antoine took steps to make his business seem legitimate by forging and falsifying documents, according to prosecutors.

Women were first contacted on Facebook by someone who identified themselves as “Nikki.”

They would be complimented on their looks and asked if they were interested in modeling. Nikki would bring up adult modeling and tell the women they could make tens of thousands of dollars posing for pictures and videos that would only be available on private websites in other countries.

Interested women were instructed to go to a house in Raymore where the videotaped sexual activity would occur.

When some of the women complained about not being paid, Antoine allegedly sent sexually explicit images of them to their employers and people they knew.

One victim who complained about not being paid said she was told by Antoine that she could either have sex with him or pay him $9,000 to not have their previously recorded videos made public.

The woman went to his home and had sex, according to the allegations.

Genius!

90% of men almost immediately can identify what this is.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
90% of men almost immediately can identify what this is.

BRCC !!

"Hey dude, how'd you get 10 years for wire fraud?"

"Well, what had happened was..."

Indyffl?

Hmmm, okay, the guy was a total slime and should probably be under the prison. What does the situation say about his victims?

I'm reminded of the old saw where the guy asks the woman if she'd sleep with him for a million dollars. After pondering for a bit, she agrees. When he immediately asks if she'd sleep with him for twenty bucks, she indignantly replies, "Of course not! What kind of woman do you think I am?!?" His reply is, "We've already established that. Now we're just trying to agree on a price."

Exactly. Don't climb into the hoglot...

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In Friday’s plea agreement, Antoine agreed that the scheme involved 10 or more victims, who collectively were promised between $550,000 to $1.5 million after signing what they thought were legitimate contracts.

I think the real girls who do this make hundreds, or thousands. Very few make hundreds of thousands or millions.

Well he has ten years to practice for what I predict will be a post-release career "performing" as the ubnah in gay prison pornography.

http://a57.foxnews.com/images....966718.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

he must be one "dandy" salesman!!!

First thing I thought of was "Where was Burg !?!

GGF

Should he be in prison at all? If we start locking people up for lying to get sex.....

Also, how were these "ladies" harmed? Kind of akin to short changing a hooker, isn't it?

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Originally posted by GGF:
First thing I thought of was "Where was Burg !?!

GGF

Right here trying to figure out how to duplicate the scam. The other good one from Drudge was the guy (probably Shugart) paying strippers to do their thing on the neighbors porch. Around here, you probably don't even need to pay them.

Worse thsn that, he's in the lockup under $100,000 bond. To get out he'd need to pay 1/10 of that. Bond isn't supposed to be punishment, its just to insure you'll appear. I kind of wish I had a neighbor who'd do that stunt.

Technically they have a fraud case. However it is hard to feel bad for "victims" that are willing to trade their ass for money. Now Mario will get is ass traded for a pack of smokes.

It is commercial fraud. Why it's federal, OTOH, I have no clue. Was anything interstate going on?

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Originally posted by Fredward:
Should he be in prison at all? If we start locking people up for lying to get sex.....

Also, how were these "ladies" harmed? Kind of akin to short changing a hooker, isn't it?

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Originally posted by BBMW:
It is commercial fraud. Why it's federal, OTOH, I have no clue. Was anything interstate going on?

Electronic mail.

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Originally posted by DennisM:

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Originally posted by BBMW:
It is commercial fraud. Why it's federal, OTOH, I have no clue. Was anything interstate going on?

Electronic mail.

Yeah, everybody knows only Nigerian princes are allowed to do scams over email.

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Originally posted by slosig:

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Originally posted by DennisM:

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Originally posted by BBMW:
It is commercial fraud. Why it's federal, OTOH, I have no clue. Was anything interstate going on?

Electronic mail.

Yeah, everybody knows only Nigerian princes are allowed to do scams over email.

Wait.. those are scams?