A 36-year-old man who allegedly pimped and extorted Colorado women — including a teenager — may have other victims in the state, prosecutors announced Monday.
A Colorado grand jury indicted Andrew Dominguez on a range of felonies for allegedly attempting to recruit hundreds of women online to sell sex for him — including two women in Colorado, according to a news release from the Denver District Attorney’s office announcing the indictment.
In the Colorado cases, he allegedly convinced women to send him sexual images to sell online but instead used those images without their consent to create ads for in-person sex work. When they refused to participate, he demanded money to take down the ads with their photos, according to the indictment.
Dominguez faces one count of violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, two counts of attempted pimping, two counts of criminal impersonation, one count of extortion and one count of tampering with a victim or witness. Dominguez, who lives in Los Angeles, was arrested in California and remains in that state pending extradition, according to the Denver district attorney’s office.
Denver investigators learned about Dominguez while interviewing a victim of a separate sexual assault who mentioned she believed Dominguez had posted her photos on online ads for sex work, according to the indictment against Dominguez.
In one case, Dominguez in April 2023 contacted a 19-year-old in Colorado Springs through Snapchat’s dating app under the guise of pursuing a romantic relationship with her. He requested sexual photos to post online for money on sites like OnlyFans, which the teenager agreed to. Instead, Dominguez posted the woman’s photos on at least five online advertisements for sex work.
He then told the teen that she needed to perform sex work for money. The woman refused and told Dominguez to take down the advertisements.
He later contacted the teen using an alias and requested sex work. The woman, confused, asked where he had seen her advertised for such work. Dominguez, still using an alias, said he would tell her if she sent $50. When the woman refused and said she would report him to police, he threatened to report her as well.
Dominguez continued to harass the teen. He later told the district attorney’s investigator that he knew the teen was the reason he was being investigated, but the investigator had never mentioned the woman to him before.
Prosecutors ask that anyone with more information about Dominguez or other victims contact Joe DeAngelo in the Denver District Attorney’s human trafficking unit at 720-913-9108.
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