MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Anton "Tony" Lazzaro called himself an entrepreneur, and his greatest project may have been one of self-invention.
On social media the 30-year-old posed with a roster of Republican politicians, like former President
Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, and U.S. Senator Mitt Romney. He posed shirtless sitting in his red Ferrari, lived in a luxury downtown Minneapolis condo with penthouse views, and flew by private jet. He posted pictures of himself often with young, beautiful women.
It looked good to be Tony Lazzaro. Until it didn’t.
Last December the FBI raided his downtown Minneapolis condo seizing $370,000 in cash, money in ten foreign currencies, nearly a million dollars in precious metals, and more than a dozen cell phones.
Last week, eight months after the initial raid of his condo, federal prosecutors charged Lazzaro with six counts of
human sex trafficking a minor.