WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section issued the following press release:
A federal jury in the Southern District of Iowa convicted a Des Moines man today on charges related to sex trafficking and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.
"Dave Shumpert preyed on vulnerable young women, using violence, drugs, and their fears of homelessness, to profit from their exploitation," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "He even continued to run his enterprise from jail, and tried to obstruct the testimony of witnesses against him. Human trafficking and preying on vulnerable victims have no place in our communities. Th...