A Manhattan man was found guilty on Friday of taking erotic photos of underage girls and using them to pimp the teens out over the Web.
Royce Corley, 29, was found guilty by a Manhattan federal jury of sex trafficking minors and possessing child pornography.
Using the alias “Ron Iron,” Corley between June 2011 and January 2012 operated a prostitution ring that sold underage girls for sex – including at least three 16-year-old runaways who had no place to stay when they met him.
Corley took snapshots of the teens in sexually explicit poses and created flesh-peddling advertisements for them on Backpage.com, authorities said. He also provided the girls with Manhattan apartments and cell phones to communicate and meet with potential clients.
The feds say he made thousands of dollars weekly off the scheme.
Corley faces anywhere from 10 years to life in prison when he’s sentenced Feb. 20.
“Today’s guilty verdict against is a victory for the vulnerable girls he exploited, and for the larger fight to put an end to the sex trafficking of children,” US Attorney Preet Bharara said.