A Worcester married couple was convicted of sex trafficking Monday after a six-day jury trial, federal prosecutors said.

Kiersten Soto, 32, and Moises Soto, 33, were each found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, with the counts relating to the interfamilial trafficking of a younger relative, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a statement Wednesday.

Kiersten Soto was also found guilty on one count of traveling or using interstate facilities to promote unlawful activities.

The husband and wife were first arrested and indicted in December 2022. Evidence presented at their trial revealed that between February and May 2022, the Sotos used a website to advertise the victim to sex

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