The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced John Golom, 57, of Florida, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 33 years and 9

months in prison for his involvement in a Monroe County sex trafficking conspiracy.

According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Golom had pleaded guilty to trafficking two women as prostitutes through force, threat, and coercion from 2014 through 2018. Golom recruited women to engage in commercial sex acts, advertised them on websites to attract customers and transported them between Florida and Pennsylvania to conduct his prostitution business.

Golom kept all proceeds of the business and used physical violence, threats, and false promises to keep the women working.

Court documents say Golom preyed upon his victims despite knowing that at least one of them was particularly vulnerable because of severe mental illnesses and homelessness. The court further found that Golom had attempted to obstruct justice by making false statements to the FBI and trying to tamper with his victims’ testimony.

“The United States Attorney’s Office is grateful to the victims in this case for making the truth known,” said U.S. Attorney Karam.

“The women who bravely came forward to hold this trafficker accountable made this successful prosecution possible. They are survivors, who, despite the horrific trauma they suffered at Golom’s hands for years, made it possible for justice to be done here. I am sure that they have spared other potential victims from the same horrors.”

In accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the court ordered Golom to

pay more than $300,000 in restitution. After serving his sentence of incarceration, Golom will have 10 years on probation and must comply with sex offender registrationmrequirements as applicable under federal, state, or local law.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Monroe

County Detectives Office, Stroud Regional Police Department, and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean A. Camoni prosecuted the case.