Antoine Indictment
Antoine Indictment
Antoine Indictment
Supervised Release:
Class C Felony
COUNT TWENTY:
Extortion
18 U.S.C. 875(d)
NMT: Two Years Imprisonment
NMT: $250,000 Fine
Supervised Release: NMT One Year
Class E Felony
COUNT TWENTY-ONE:
False Registration of a Domain Name
18 U.S.C. 3559(g)(1)
NMT: Seven Years Imprisonment
NMT: $250,000 Fine
Supervised Release: NMT Three Years
Class D Felony
$100 Special Assessment for Each Count
INDICTMENT
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:
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Indictment.
A.
Beginning on or about August 28, 2011, and continuing to on or about the date of
this Indictment, in the Western District of Missouri and elsewhere, the defendant, MARIO
AMBROSE ANTOINE (ANTOINE), devised and intended to devise a scheme to defraud
numerous victims, specifically, VICTIMS 1 through 6, and others both known and unknown to
the Grand Jury, and to obtain money and property, that is, the publicity rights, likenesses, and
produced images and videos, by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and
promises to VICTIMS 1 through 6, including but not limited to the representations and promises
of immediate and future payment for entering into such contracts.
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B.
It was part of the scheme and artifice to defraud that ANTOINE assumed numerous
aliases and identities, posing as a company owner, recruiter, talent manager, photographer, and
videographer for multiple fictitious companies and private modeling websites, including but not
limited to Playboy Worldwide, Playboy Asia, and Dash Agency, and falsely registered
domain names purporting to be associated with Playboy Enterprises, Inc., in an attempt to induce
numerous female victims to engage in sexual and pornographic activity with ANTOINE with the
promises of immediate and prospective payment for such activity.
5.
It was further part of the scheme and artifice to defraud that ANTOINE made false
and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises in an effort to obtain money and property,
that is, the property of the victims likenesses, rights of publicity, and the produced images and
videos, and prepared and entered into contracts and modeling release forms with each prospective
victim to convey the victims property rights in their likenesses and the produced images and
videos to ANTOINE.
6.
It was further part of the scheme and artifice to defraud that ANTOINE prepared
forged and fraudulent payment checks, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax forms, and
Department of Homeland Security employment forms to demonstrate the authenticity of this
enterprise and assure the prospective victims that they would be paid thousands of dollars promised
to them by these fictitious entities for their auditioning and modeling activity.
7.
It was further part of the scheme and artifice to defraud that ANTOINE sent these
produced images of the victims to the victims employers and significant others.
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C.
Overt Acts
8.
On or about August 28, 2011, ANTOINE knowingly falsely registered the domain
name williammorristalent.com, opting for private registration of this domain name, which he used
in the course of these offenses.
9.
domain name playboy-worldwide.com, opting for private registration of this domain name, which
he used in the course of these offenses.
10.
On or about October 17, 2012, ANTOINE created the Nikki Facebook profile,
which was one of the Facebook aliases ANTOINE employed over the course of this scheme to
defraud.
11.
domain name playboy-asia.com, opting for private registration of this domain name, which he used
in the course of these offenses.
12.
casting@playboy-asia.com.
13.
On or about November 12, 2015, ANTOINE conducted Google searches for rape
by deception, rape by deception kansas, and illegal to trick girls into sleeping with you, and
viewed websites and law journals regarding the criminality of committing rape by fraud or
deception.
ANTOINEs Overt Acts with VICTIM 1
14.
Hannah who asked VICTIM 1 if she would be interested in modeling in adult photographs and
videos, who in turn directed VICTIM 1 to contact ANTOINE.
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15.
On multiple occasions in late 2011 and early 2012, with the understanding that
ANTOINE would be paying $1,000 per shoot, ANTOINE and VICTIM 1 produced numerous
images and videos of their sexual activity. VICTIM 1 never received any sort of payment from
ANTOINE.
16.
On or about April 2015, VICTIM 1 contacted ANTOINE, who informed her that,
in exchange for not selling or distributing the previously produced images and videos of their
sexual activity, VICTIM 1 could either pay him $9,000 or she could come to ANTOINEs house
and have sex with him.
18.
Raymore, Missouri, to have sex with him in lieu of the payment of $9,000 to avoid the distribution
of the pornographic images and videos.
19.
Assignment of Rights to Digital Media agreement with VICTIM 1, in which VICTIM 1 signed
over to ANTOINE any and all digital media produced by ANTOINE as part of ANTOINEs
assurance and agreement that he was destroying all of his pornographic images and videos of his
sexual activity with VICTIM 1.
20.
of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9, which is used to verify the identity and employment
authorization of individuals hired in the United States. This false DHS Form I-9 presented by
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ANTOINE to VICTIM 1 represented that the employer was Reyna Dash of Dash Agency
New York, with an address in New York City, New York. On or about this date, ANTOINE
directed VICTIM 1 to fill out her information on this form so that she could be paid, which she
did.
21.
a forged check made from Dash Agency in the amount of $575.00 and made out to VICTIM 1
as payment for the sexual activity. These materials included a notation that VICTIM 1 was paid
$500 for a portfolio fee.
22.
signing and executing these documents. ANTOINE told VICTIM 1, Trust me I dont have
hidden cameras, then looks and points at the hidden camera which is recording this encounter and
tells VICTIM 1, that doesnt have a webcam and assured VICTIM 1 there are no cameras
recording in the room. VICTIM 1 asked ANTOINE, Why is this what you want? to which he
responded, why notunless you want to buy me a new Lexus. VICTIM 1 confirmed with
ANTOINE that were gonna delete all the stuff, and ANTOINE responded, Im gonna wipe
everything clean. VICTIM 1 asks how much money ANTOINE was going to make if he
released it, and ANTOINE responded, they were gonna buy everything for $13,000, but thats
not just your stuff thats everybodys stuff. ANTOINE and VICTIM 1 engaged in oral and
vaginal sex, which was surreptitiously recorded. Following this sexual activity, ANTOINE
accessed his computer and told VICTIM 1, there are all your filesWhen youre ready for me to
delete them, tell me. ANTOINE explained his process for deleting all of the image and video
files. ANTOINE further handed the clipboard and one of the aforementioned forms to VICTIM
1 and told her to write her email on it so he could email her a copy of it. ANTOINE then told
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VICTIM 1, Im so mad at youlike, why did you have to go off and get a boyfriend? Why
couldnt we just finish the shoot and be friends? Later ANTOINE assured VICTIM 1, Ill
make sure I delete all of itwhich sucks, I was gonna make a shitload of moneyyou owe me a
car. ANTOINE signed the form in front of VICTIM 1, and told VICTIM 1 that he had fried
the hard drive.
23.
1, writing that Since you decided you wanted to quit shooting, we will not be paying the $500
portfolio fee.
ANTOINEs Overt Acts with VICTIM 2
24.
Between or about March 10, 2015, and November 24, 2015, ANTOINE, as
Nikki, sent a series of messages via Facebook to VICTIM 2, which contained numerous false
and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises as to the legitimacy of this pornographic
enterprise and the prospect of payment to VICTIM 2.
25.
On or about March 11, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 2, writing, the money jobs are probably a little out of your comfort
zonethe stuff I do pays $8k-$15k PER shoot[t]he good part is, none of it is available in the
USi actually do shoots with a male producer$8k for a bj, $15k if we have sexive bought a
housea new jeepive been to Miami, Mexico, LA this yeari havent looked at a price tag
when ive been shopping in like months hahaI know i got it in the bank (sic). ANTOINE
offers to share examples of previous shoots, and in response VICTIM 2 provides her email address.
27.
28.
On or about March 11, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 2, writing, sentthere are like 15 photos so it may take a sec. In
response, VICTIM 2 wrote, they pay you 8k to do that?! and ANTOINE replied, yepEACH
shootthose are 3 different shoots$24,000thats what most people make in a year, i made in
three 30 minute shootsand it all goes overseas so nobody here even knows about itthe
producer is a local guy named Chrisyou can emailto me or the companyplayboy-asia.
29.
On or about May 17, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 2, writing, im mad they quit doing cash, we have to do paychecks
nowstupid IRSits foreign, and youre 1099 status, so its up to you if you want to claim it.
30.
On or about June 23, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 2, writing, that her payment would be within 3 days, and it would be
guaranteed by contract. When VICTIM 2 asked what sort of compensation, ANTOINE further
wrote, $2k audition, $8k and up per shoot, and sent an image of a large stack of $100 bills to
VICTIM 2, with the accompanying message, [t]his just in the console of my car lol.
ANTOINE further directed VICTIM 2 to send her information to casting@playboy-asia.com.
After VICTIM 2 asked ANTOINE for reassurance that it was for sure 3 days for payment,
ANTOINE replied, [l]ately its been 2[b]ut 3 to be safeFedEx a check or direct deposit.
31.
On or about June 24, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 2, writing that VICTIM 2 would be going to Raymore. After VICTIM 2
wrote to ANTOINE for reassurance that in about 3 days Ill have $2k? ANTOINE replied,
[p]robably sooner.
casting@playboy-asia.com. After VICTIM 2 asked ANTOINE what the producer looked like,
ANTOINE sent to VICTIM 2 a picture of himself.
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32.
Facebook to VICTIM 2, reassuring VICTIM 2 that she would be paid within days. ANTOINE
further wrote messages advising VICTIM 2 what sort of sexual activities Chris preferred and
the audition is easybecause he really doesnt take many pics.
33.
Model Release and Grant of Rights contract with ANTOINE (identified in the contract as Chris
C.) which conveyed the use of her rights of publicity in exchange for the false and fraudulent
pretense, representation, and promise that the producer, ANTOINE, would pay $2,000 to VICTIM
2 for her audition.
34.
After signing this contract, VICTIM 2 engaged in sexual activity with ANTOINE,
which ANTOINE recorded by taking photographs and making a video recording. ANTOINE
told VICTIM 2 she would be mailed a check.
ANTOINEs Overt Acts with VICTIM 3
35.
Between on or about October 5, 2014, and August 20, 2015, ANTOINE, as both
Nikki and Mario Sixstring, sent a series of messages via Facebook to VICTIM 3, which
contained numerous false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises as to the
legitimacy of this pornographic enterprise and the prospect of payment to VICTIM 3.
36.
messages via Facebook to VICTIM 3, writing Now another company is gonna buy your shoot,
and providing the domain to a revenge porn website where homemade images and videos of former
girlfriends are posted. ANTOINE further sent VICTIM 3 additional messages via Facebook,
writing, You signed the release alreadytheyll pay you once it goes liveits a US site...so they
use your real namehe was gonna put it on a site that even says your Facebook profile etc.
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ANTOINE then sent to VICTIM 3 a nude image of VICTIM 3 covered in semen. VICTIM 3
responds, I dont want that, and ANTOINE wrote back, if anyone ever googles your name,
they could probably find itlike job interviews in the futureor theyll come to [VICTIM 3s
employer]are you going to risk this shit getting out?...What happens in 5 years when you want
a big girl job?...Im telling youReshoot. After VICTIM 3 responded to ANTOINE that she
did not want to reshoot, ANTOINE replied, well your shit is going to be all over the webwhen
you lose your jobthen whathow are you going to pay for shit when you have NO joblike
youre gonna end up fucking up your whole life over 30 mins of your time. VICTIM 3 responds
to ANTOINE that she will not engage in a reshoot, to which he replied, well have it your
wayYou wont be able to get a job, [VICTIM 3s employer] will fire youeveryone in KC will
know you as the porn girl with bracesI dont get it, why would you fuck up your future like
that?
37.
messages via Facebook to VICTIM 3, writing Are you gonna pick up your check anytime soon.
Less than a minute later, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a message via Facebook to VICTIM 3,
writing HeyYou know you have a paycheck thats been here for awhile right. ANTOINE
directed VICTIM 3 to email Carmen at casting@playboy-asia.com, and further wrote to
VICTIM 3 that Carmen said your check is for like $18k. ANTOINE arranged for another photo
shoot for VICTIM 3, further writing to her that the photo shoot will be with Mariothe same
guy youve been shooting with, hes doing the photos.
38.
purported to have been issued to VICTIM 3 from PBA Enterprises in New York City for
Audition and Production in the amount of $18,590.93.
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39.
Model Release and Grant of Rights contract with ANTOINE (identified in the contract as
Mario Sixstring) which conveyed the use of her rights of publicity in exchange for the false and
fraudulent pretense, representation, and promise that the producer, ANTOINE, would pay
VICTIM 3 the base compensation of $33,550.
40.
After signing this contract, VICTIM 3 engaged in sexual activity with ANTOINE,
had never received the payment for this modeling activity, ANTOINE, sent some of these nude
images of VICTIM 3 taken during the recorded sexual activity to managers with her thenemployer, who was based in Kansas.
42.
Sixstring Facebook profile, writing, you guys are using my pics against me[t]hreatening my
job when I have a kid.
43.
Sixstring Facebook profile, writing, My job is gone now[a]nd so is my bf. ANTOINE (as
Mario Sixstring) replies, Awesome so blame me, and VICTIM 3 responded, [y]oure the one
with the videos and pictures. ANTOINE replied, The majority yahthere a ton of people
offering to buy them, give me money for them. VICTIM 3 responded to ANTOINE, writing,
Cause youre making me loose (sic) my job and house, to which ANTOINE replied, I think
your job is already toastNikki has been messaging your GM. VICTIM 3 responded, writing,
Cyber bullying makes people kill their selves, to which ANTOINE replied, Are you gonna kill
yourself [VICTIM 3]?
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Between March 22, 2015, and August 16, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a
series of messages via Facebook to VICTIM 4, which contained numerous false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and promises as to the legitimacy of this pornographic enterprise and
the prospect of payment to VICTIM 4.
45.
request from ANTOINE posing as Nikki. On or about this same date, ANTOINE, as Nikki,
sent a series of messages via Facebook to VICTIM 4 that there was a lot of money to be made by
doing adult modeling for private websites.
produces the modeling stuff i get paid forif youre ever looking for good money hit him up.
ANTOINE further wrote, a BJ starts at like $8ka full shoot can be 10-15kyou ge paid for
the audition too (sic).
46.
On or about April 23, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 4, writing, the shoots start around $8k and go up from there$2k for the
auction and $8k for an oral shoot and $12k+ for an intercourse (sic).
47.
On or about April 24, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 4, writing youd make $2k for the auditionblow job shots are around
$8kif you do full sex they can be between $10k-$15kyou could have a jeep in like 2 months
if you wantedare you just going to do head again. When VICTIM 4 asked ANTOINE where
the pictures would end up, ANTOINE answered, Overseas, Thailand, South Korea, Japan,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laosthey love american girls just like guys here love Asians.
ANTOINE further wrote, i could set something up with Chris before he leaves for Nashville
today (sic).
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48.
Model Release and Grant of Rights contract with ANTOINE (holding himself out as Chris
Campbell) which conveyed and contracted the use of her rights of publicity and likeness in
exchange for the false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises that the base
compensation of $8,000 and a special compensation of $2,000 for Audition would be paid to
VICTIM 4.
49.
On or about April 24, 2015, ANTOINE produced and retained images and video
Between April and July 2015, VICTIM 4 contacted ANTOINE numerous times to
flirtatious communications with VICTIM 4s ex-boyfriend and informed him that VICTIM 4 and
ANTOINE (Mario) were now in a relationship.
52.
Wayne, sent a message via Facebook to VICTIM 4 writing Hey, heard youre a pornstar and
stripper. Are you working tonight?...[VICTIM 5] was saying you were. I was just wondering.
53.
Facebook to VICTIM 4, writing just FYI, someone is about to leak a bunch of naked pics of you
and a bunch of other [VICTIM 4s employer] girls.
54.
On or about August 16, 2015, ANTOINE, as Dalton Wayne, sent a message via
Facebook to VICTIM 4, which contained a nude image of VICTIM 4 with semen on her back.
ANTOINE further wrote, so how do you know MarioNikki said that I could get photos of you
from him.
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Between or about May 21, 2015, and October 30, 2015, ANTOINE, as both
Nikki and Mario Sixstring, sent a series of messages via Facebook to VICTIM 5, which
contained numerous false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises as to the
legitimacy of this pornographic enterprise and the prospect of payment to VICTIM 5.
56.
On or about May 21, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
On or about May 25, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 5, identifying the photographer as Mario Sixstringhe just added you on
Facebook. Minutes later, ANTOINE, as Mario Sixstring, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 5, writing Hey Nicole said to message ya.
58.
messages via Facebook to VICTIM 5, writing I work with an Agencyyou should fill out an
app, and directing her to a purported website for Dash Agency. ANTOINE sent additional
messages, writing that (Nikki) does those shoots, and they go overseasso nobody here can see
themshe makes a killer living at itlike $140k a yearI mean, I dont judge, $10k-15k for 25
mins of workId do it if i was a girl haha.
59.
On or about May 26, 2015, ANTOINE, again as Nikki, reassured VICTIM 5 that
there is NO way anyone could find out. When VICTIM 5 asked ANTOINE How do you
know? ANTOINE responded, because you have 5 friends whove done itand over 58 girls
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in KC from the last 3 years have done themnot ONE has ever been found outEVER.
ANTOINE informed VICTIM 5 she could make $4k for handjob$8k for heador $12k and
up for intercourseyou can make $12k in 30 mins fucking. ANTOINE reassures VICTIM 5
the hosting website is overseas and private and there is ZERO chance anyone will ever find
outunless you tell them. ANTOINE sent VICTIM 5 a picture of dollar bills valued in the
thousands spread out over a car seat, writing thats just what i keep in my safe at home ;)i have
about another $55k in the bank, and that she had made $140,000 for ten photo shoots last year.
ANTOINE asked VICTIM 5 wanna see what I made last year? and sent a picture of a forged
IRS Form 1099-MISC purportedly issued by Playboy Asia to Nikki indicating that she had
received $142,093 in income. VICTIM 5 asked ANTOINE, you have sex with the guy or
producer for the audition? and ANTOINE responds yah. VICTIM 5 provided ANTOINE
with her full name, date of birth, and address in Kansas so he could prepare the contract in advance.
60.
Model Release and Grant of Rights contract with ANTOINE (as Chris Campbell) which
conveyed and contracted the use of her rights of publicity and likeness in exchange for the false
and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises that the producer would pay to VICTIM 5
the base compensation of $2,000 and an additional $12,000 for upon the scheduling of the shoot.
On or about this same date, at ANTOINEs direction, VICTIM 5 signed a Confidentiality
Agreement between her and Playboy Asia.
62.
On or about May 26, 2015, ANTOINE produced and retained images and video
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63.
via Facebook to the then-boyfriend of VICTIM 5, who resided in Kansas. ANTOINE informed
VICTIM 5s boyfriend she does porn and suggesting that was how she was able to pay for her
car.
64.
engaged in sexual activity with ANTOINE to VICTIM 5s boyfriend in Kansas. When VICTIM
5s boyfriend responded to ANTOINE that you are distributing unwanted pornographic material
to me and it takes consent to send pictures like that, ANTOINE replied, lol, not when she
signs a release, i could post them on the front page of the KC Star if i wanted. ANTOINE further
wrote, All youre gonna be known is as the dude who has a porn star girlfriend.
ANTOINEs Overt Acts with VICTIM 6
65.
Between on or about June 15, 2015, and June 18, 2015, ANTOINE, as both Nikki
and Mario Sixstring, sent a series of messages via Facebook to VICTIM 6, which contained
numerous false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises as to the legitimacy of this
pornographic enterprise and the prospect of payment to VICTIM 6.
66.
series of messages via Facebook to VICTIM 6, and persuaded her to contact Nikki via Facebook,
writing that shes gotten tons of my friends work.
67.
On or about June 15, 2015, ANTOINE, now as Nikki, sent a series of messages
via Facebook to VICTIM 6, including images of VICTIM 1 performing oral sex on ANTOINE,
but with ANTOINE (as Nikki) claiming to be the female depicted in the images.
68.
On or about June 15, 2015, ANTOINE, as Nikki, sent a series of messages via
Facebook to VICTIM 6, informing VICTIM 6 that she received $8k for a full blowjob
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shoot$12k for sex, and that an overseas website licenses the images to parts of Japan, south
Korea, china etc.
69.
Facebook messenger an image of a forged IRS Form 1099-MISC purportedly issued by Playboy
Asia to Nikki demonstrating that she was paid $142,093 last year. ANTOINE further wrote
to VICTIM 6 that Mario would be the on-site photographer. VICTIM 6 asked How soon do
you get paid after, and ANTOINE responds, Next day usually.
70.
messages via Facebook to VICTIM 6 reassuring her that there is a huuuge confidentiality
agreement and contract, and VICTIM 6 invites ANTOINE to bring the proposed contract to her
home in Kansas.
71.
residence in Raymore, Missouri for the arranged photo and video shoot.
72.
On or about June 18, 2015, ANTOINE provided to and made VICTIM 6 fill out
and execute a Record Keeping Compliance Form Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2257, which VICTIM
6 filled out using her address in Kansas.
73.
Model Release and Grant of Rights which conveyed and contracted the use of her rights of
publicity and likeness in exchange for the false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and
promises that the base compensation of $2,000 for oral audition and a special compensation
of $8,000 for additional productions would be paid to VICTIM 6.
74.
On or about June 18, 2015, ANTOINE produced and retained images and video
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D.
Wire Communications
75.
On or about each of the dates set forth below, in the Western District of Missouri
and elsewhere, the defendant, MARIO AMBROSE ANTOINE, for the purpose of executing and
attempting to execute the scheme and artifice to defraud, transmitted, or caused to transmit by
means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce the following
writings, signs, signals, pictures or sounds for the purpose of executing this scheme or artifice,
each wire communication being a separate count of this Indictment:
COUNT
DATE
1
December 8,
2014
2
3
4
May 1, 2015
March 11, 2015
March 11, 2015
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
WIRE COMMUNICATION
ANTOINEs reservation of the Playboy-Asia.com website and
associated casting@playboy-asia.com email account with
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Email from ANTOINE (as Reyna Dash) to VICTIM 1
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as Nikki) to VICTIM 2
Email from ANTOINE to VICTIM 2 containing pornographic
images of VICTIM 1
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as Nikki) to VICTIM 2
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as Nikki) to VICTIM 2
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as Nikki) to VICTIM 2
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as Nikki) to VICTIM 3
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as both Mario Sixstring
and Nikki) that they had a check for VICTIM 3
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as Nikki) to VICTIM 4
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as both Mario Sixstring
and Nikki) to VICTIM 5
Facebook messages from ANTOINE (as Nikki) to VICTIM 6
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
contained in Paragraphs 1 and 35 through 43 of this Indictment as if fully set forth in this Count.
77.
Beginning on or about October 5, 2014, and through August 20, 2015, said dates
being approximate, in the Western District of Missouri and elsewhere, the defendant, MARIO
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AMBROSE ANTOINE, with the intent to injure, harass, intimidate, and cause substantial
emotional distress to VICTIM 3, used any interactive computer service or communication service
or electronic communication system of interstate commerce, or any other facility of interstate or
foreign commerce, that is: electronic mail, Internet websites, and Facebook messages, to engage
in a course of conduct that caused substantial emotional distress to VICTIM 3, all in violation of
Title 18, United States Code, Section 2261A.
COUNT FOURTEEN
Cyberstalking
78.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
contained in Paragraphs 1, 62, and 63 of this Indictment as if fully set forth in this Count.
79.
Beginning on or about June 1, 2015, and through October 30, 2015, said dates being
approximate, in the Western District of Missouri and elsewhere, the defendant, MARIO
AMBROSE ANTOINE, with the intent to injure, harass, intimidate, and cause substantial
emotional distress to VICTIM 5, used any interactive computer service or communication service
or electronic communication system of interstate commerce, or any other facility of interstate or
foreign commerce, that is: electronic mail, Internet websites, and Facebook messages, to engage
in a course of conduct that caused substantial emotional distress to VICTIM 5 and a spouse or
intimate partner of VICTIM 5, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2261A.
COUNT FIFTEEN
Online Enticement
80.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
contained in Paragraphs 1 and 55 through 59 of this Indictment as if fully set forth in this Count.
81.
Between on or about May 21, 2015, and May 26, 2015, in the Western District of
Missouri and elsewhere, the defendant, MARIO AMBROSE ANTOINE, using a facility and
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means of interstate and foreign commerce, knowingly attempted to persuade, induce, entice, and
coerce an individual, VICTIM 5, a resident of the state of Kansas, to travel in interstate or foreign
commerce, to engage in prostitution or in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged
with a criminal offense, that is, the following felonies proscribed by the State of Missouri, such as,
but not limited to: rape in the second degree (MO. REV. STAT. 566.031), sodomy in the second
degree (MO. REV. STAT. 566.061), and promoting obscenity (MO. REV. STAT. 573.020(1)), all
in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(a).
COUNT SIXTEEN
Online Enticement
82.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
contained in Paragraphs 1 and 65 through 73 of this Indictment as if fully set forth in this Count.
83.
Between on or about June 15 and June 18, 2015, in the Western District of Missouri
and elsewhere, the defendant, MARIO AMBROSE ANTOINE, using a facility and means of
interstate and foreign commerce, knowingly attempted to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce an
individual, VICTIM 6, a resident of the state of Kansas, to travel in interstate or foreign commerce,
to engage in prostitution or in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a
criminal offense, that is, the following felonies proscribed by the State of Missouri, such as, but
not limited to: rape in the second degree (MO. REV. STAT. 566.031), sodomy in the second degree
(MO. REV. STAT. 566.061), and promoting obscenity (MO. REV. STAT. 573.020(1)), all in
violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(a).
COUNT SEVENTEEN
False Statement and Representation Made to a Department of the United States
84.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
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85.
On or about April 1, 2016, in the Western District of Missouri and elsewhere, the
defendant, MARIO AMBROSE ANTOINE, did willfully and knowingly make a materially
false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of
the executive branch of the Government of the United States, by denying that he promised money
and offered payment to these victims, and these materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent
statements and representations were made to a special agent with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in Kansas City, Missouri, which is within the Western District of Missouri. The
statements and representations were false because, as ANTOINE then and there knew, that he
had, in fact, promised money and offered payment to these victims, all in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).
COUNT EIGHTEEN
False Statement and Representation Made to a Department of the United States
86.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
On or about April 1, 2016, in the Western District of Missouri and elsewhere, the
defendant, MARIO AMBROSE ANTOINE, did willfully and knowingly make a materially
false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of
the executive branch of the Government of the United States, by denying that he created or used
the alias of Nikki in his communications with these victims, and this materially false, fictitious,
and fraudulent statement and representation was made to a special agent with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in Kansas City, Missouri, which is within the Western District of Missouri. The
statement and representation was false because, as ANTOINE then and there knew, that he had,
in fact, created and used the alias of Nikki in his communications with these victims, all in
violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2).
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COUNT NINETEEN
Obstruction of Due Administration of Justice
88.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
contained in Paragraphs 1, 85, and 87 of this Indictment as if fully set forth in this Count.
89.
Between on or about September 10, 2016, and October 7, 2016, in the Western
District of Missouri and elsewhere, the defendant, MARIO AMBROSE ANTOINE, did
corruptly influence, obstruct and impede or endeavor to influence, obstruct, and impede the due
administration of justice regarding a federal Grand Jury in the Western District of Missouri, by
making false material statements to federal and state agents investigating his crimes that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation was no longer pursuing this investigation, and that his attorney
had cast doubt on the procedural sufficiency of the search warrants, when in fact the Federal
Bureau of Investigation was continuing its investigation and said attorney had not been consulting
with ANTOINE, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1503.
COUNT TWENTY
Extortion
90.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
contained in Paragraphs 1 and 14 through 23 of this Indictment as if fully set forth in this Count.
91.
Between on or about March 1, 2015, and on or about April 7, 2015, said dates being
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COUNT TWENTY-ONE
False Registration of a Domain Name
92.
The Grand Jury re-alleges and incorporates by reference each and every allegation
contained in Paragraphs 1 through 12, 28, 30, 31, 37, 59, 61, 69, and 75 of this Indictment as if
fully set forth in this Count.
93.
Between on or about December 8, 2014, and on or about the date of this Indictment,
said dates being approximate, in the Western District of Missouri and elsewhere, MARIO
AMBROSE ANTOINE, defendant herein, did knowingly and intentionally falsely register and
caused to be registered the playboy-asia.com website domain name, and used a service to obscure
the registration of this website from public viewing, and knowingly and intentionally used this
domain name and an email account he created with this domain name in the course of the
commission of the felony offenses alleged in this Indictment, all in violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Section 3559(g)(1).
A TRUE BILL.
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