John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HIRAN SANCHEZ, also known as “Ivan" and “Pablo," 22, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for the sex trafficking of two minors.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Sanchez recruited two minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts. Sanchez trafficked the first victim, who was 15 at the time, in the summer of 2016, and the second victim, who was 16, in April and May 2017. After Sanchez advertised the victims’ prostitution services on Backpage.com, he transported the victims to Hartford-area hotels to meet with clients who paid them for sex. The victims provided all of the money they were paid to Sanchez.
Judge Thompson ordered Sanchez to pay $3,750 in restitution to his first victim, and $3,900 in restitution to his second victim.
Sanchez has been detained since his arrest on Jan. 22, 2018. On Jan. 29, 2019, he pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
This matter was investigated by the Connecticut State Police and Hartford Police Department, through the Connecticut Human Trafficking Task Force, and with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sarala V. Nagala and Nancy V. Gifford.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
