CHICAGO — An Oak Park man has been sentenced to 21 years in
federal prison for sex trafficking several children in the Chicago area.
ALLEN YOUNG trafficked and facilitated the prostitution of
four young girls in the Chicago area, and he attempted to traffic a fifth. Young took photographs of the victims and
posted them in online advertisements offering commercial sex. He then drove the minors to meet with
individuals who responded to the ads.
After the encounters, Young took some of the money paid to his victims
and required some of them to have sex with him.
A jury earlier this year convicted Young, 53, on five sex
trafficking counts and one attempted sex trafficking count. U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang on Monday
imposed the 21-year prison sentence and ordered Young to pay $37,750 in
restitution to the victims.
The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United
States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and Jeffrey S. Sallet,
Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The case was investigated
by the FBI Chicago Child Exploitation Task Force, with special assistance from
the Chicago Police Department. The government
was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrianna Kastanek and Christine
O’Neill.
Evidence in the case revealed that Young trafficked the
victims at various times in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Some of the girls were as young as 15 years
old when Young began facilitating the prostitution. Several of the victims testified at trial
about their ordeals.
If you believe you are a victim of sexual exploitation, you
are encouraged to call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
at 1-800-843-5678, or log on to http://www.missingkids.com. The service is available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
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