A former Anoka County, MN, assistant attorney, who spent years on the public payroll specializing in family and civil law, has been charged with 26 felonies for allegedly helping run a sophisticated sex trafficking operation that preyed on women across the Twin Cities.
Andrea Leigh Sampson, 35, of Fridley, was arrested Friday and faces 13 counts of promoting prostitution of an individual and 13 counts of receiving profits from prostitution.
Prosecutors say she secured locations for commercial sex acts, including properties she owned that were used to photograph victims for online ads and host the transactions themselves, while creating and maintaining shell companies to funnel and conceal the dirty money.
She is charged alongside three others: Frank Devon Reeves, 57, of Champlin, described by victims as the “pimp” and ringleader; Viktoriya Sergeyevna Komonash, 30, of Eagan, called the “house mom”; and Katherine Michelle Thomes, 36, who owned and operated the “Minnesota Erotica Personals” website where the women were advertised.
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