DOJ charges three over sex trafficking of minors, partly directed from a prison

The Justice Department's Criminal Division unsealed an indictment in the District of Delaware charging three defendants with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors by force, fraud and coercion, plus related CSAM counts. The case is notable for its allegation that one defendant continued directing the scheme from behind bars using contraband phones. This segment sets out who is charged, the alleged conduct and the penalties at stake.

• All three defendants are charged with conspiracy to traffic a minor by force, fraud and coercion and face a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison on those counts.
• Geeter is currently serving a 97-year California state sentence and allegedly used contraband cell phones to engage in some of the conduct while incarcerated.
• Geeter and Hasty are additionally charged with producing child sexual abuse material, with Geeter facing 25 to 50 years and Hasty 15 to 30 years on the CSAM charges.
• The scheme allegedly compelled three minors and one adult to engage in commercial sex acts in Delaware and elsewhere using force, threats, fraud or coercion.
• The FBI's Delaware Violent Crime and Safe Streets Task Force and Delaware State Police are investigating; the indictment remains an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent.

Executive summary

The Justice Department's Criminal Division announced on 16 October 2026 that an indictment had been unsealed in the District of Delaware charging three people in connection with the sex trafficking of minors. The defendants are Jamar Geeter, 39, of San…

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