A federal jury in Central Islip has convicted Michael Johnson, also known as “Wise,” on four counts including sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate prostitution. Johnson operated a sex trafficking ring at the Sayville Motor Lodge on Long Island with several co-conspirators. The verdict followed a two-week trial before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. Johnson faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and could be sentenced to life.
The announcement was made by Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Christopher G. Raia, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office; and Kevin Catalina, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Police Department.
“Today’s verdict holds the defendant accountable for all of the cruelty and violence to women caused by his depraved sex trafficking,” stated United States Attorney Nocella. “Johnson and his co-conspirators exhibited utter disregard for the human lives they destroyed by profiting off the backs of vulnerable women. It is my hope that Johnson’s conviction brings some measure of comfort to his victims, including those who bravely testified at the trial.”
Nocella also thanked the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office for their work on this case.
“Michael Johnson trafficked multiple women into sexual slavery to profit off their bodies, while maintaining their subservience through social isolation, physical abuse and threats of death, and addictive drugs,” stated FBI Assistant Director in Charge Raia. “For years, Johnson demonstrated extreme depravity as he physically and emotionally traumatized numerous women to satisfy his own greedy desires. May today’s conviction not only provide his victims a glimmer of comfort but also reflect the FBI’s commitment to protecting all vulnerable victims from sexual predators seeking to exploit them for financial gain.”
“Johnson took advantage of vulnerable women, using violence and drugs to control and exploit his victims, forcing them into sex trafficking for his own financial gain,” stated SCPD Commissioner Catalina. “This case serves as a warning to anyone who seeks to manipulate or abuse others — justice will find you. This sentence represents not only accountability, but also a recognition of the courage and strength of the victims who came forward. I commend the dedicated efforts of our detectives and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.”
Court records show that between 2014 and 2022, Johnson ran a sex trafficking operation out of Sayville Motor Lodge by recruiting women—some addicted to drugs—and forcing them into commercial sex acts through coercion or threats. He controlled these women by taking all money they earned from clients, posting online advertisements on their behalf, setting prices for services provided at motels like Sayville Motor Lodge, giving or withholding drugs as leverage over them, isolating them from others socially or physically abusing them mentally or emotionally.
In November 2022 an indictment charged Johnson along with Timothy Bullen; motel owners Narendarakuma Dadarwala (and wife Shardaben), their son Jigar Dadarwala; Ashokbhai Patel; Himanshu Inc., which did business as Sayville Motor Lodge—with crimes related both to sex trafficking conspiracy and managing drug premises among other offenses.
Co-defendants Narendarakuma Dadarwala and Shardaben Dadarwala pleaded guilty in April 2025; Ashokbhai Patel pleaded guilty in September 2025—all await sentencing while cases remain pending against Bullen and Jigar Dadarwala.
Following arrests connected with this investigation in November 2022 authorities seized Sayville Motor Lodge itself—later selling it in October 2023 partially using proceeds toward compensating identified victims via Department Of Justice remission procedures.
The prosecution was led by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Catherine M. Mirabile, Anthony Bagnuola, Samantha S. Alessi from Long Island Criminal Section supported by paralegal staff Adam Bernard & Kerry Ucci plus legal assistant Katherine Szewczyk & Victim Witness Specialist Stephanie Marroquin.
MICHAEL JOHNSON (also known as “Wise”)
Age: 36
Selbyville, Delaware
Defendants previously convicted:
- Narendarakuma Dadarwala (“Naren,” “Pa”/“Dad”), Age: 79
- Shardaben Dadarwala (“Sharda,” “Ma”/“Mom”), Age: 72
- Ashokbhai Patel (“BG”), Age: 61
Defendants awaiting trial:
- Timothy Bullen (“Trouble,” “T”/“Tiervoni”), Age: 38
- Jigar Dadarwala (“Cobra”), Age: 47
E.D.N.Y. Docket No.: 22-CR-494 (S-1) (JS)
