Retired New York financier Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were charged in a federal indictment Friday with running a years-long sex trafficking ring that allegedly involved violence so severe that one woman required surgery, prosecutors said. Joseph Nocella Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said Rubin used his "wealth to mislead and recruit women to engage in commercial sex acts, where Rubin then tortured women beyond their consent, causing lasting physical and/or psychological pain, and in some cases physical injuries."

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