Peter Burke , Local William Foster is alleged to be the leader of an intricate sex trafficking organization based in South Florida. The FBI began its investigation in February , when two women reported being recruited into Foster's organization as teenagers about 10 years earlier.
A third woman came forward in September, claiming she traveled from Fort Lauderdale with several of Foster's girls to engage in sex at various strip clubs in the Detroit area. District Court in West Palm Beach. The first woman said she was the victim of sex trafficking by Foster as a teen and then as an adult from about November through May Victim 1 stated that she engaged in sex with Foster on numerous occasions, beginning when she was a minor.
The second woman told the FBI she was recruited into Foster's organization when she was 17 years old and engaged in prostitution through She also claimed she was forced to move out of state and have sex with Foster on more than one occasion. While working for the pimp, she was brought to the champagne room and introduced to Foster.
They said Foster "used displays of a fun and wealthy lifestyle as a way to recruit new females. The women also claimed that Foster "made physical appearance a priority among the females. Both women said Foster groomed the females. Victim 1 claimed Foster even taught them how to target wealthy men at strip clubs throughout South Florida. Both women explained how the females working for Foster "collectively made thousands of dollars each night from prostitution and exotic dancing. Both women claimed Foster told them their earnings "were being invested on their behalf into businesses for their early retirement," but when they finally left Foster's organization, they never collected any of their earnings, the complaint said.
When Victim 1 tried to leave initially, "Foster would tell her that if she left, she would have no stake in the businesses that he had 'invested' her earnings into," she told the FBI. According to the Florida Division of Corporations , the business was incorporated in and listed Foster as its vice president and director. The company, which listed a home at NE Fourth Ave. She went on to say that she had to text or call Foster whenever she left a strip club with a client.
