Fraudster shared cell phone in MDC Brooklyn, posed in selfie with sex trafficker Oren Alexander: feds 34%
By John Annese59%
7/1/2026, 6:19:13 PM
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A multi-million dollar fraudster is suspected of sharing a contraband phone with sex trafficker Oren Alexander, posing with the monstrous real estate broker in a selfie taken in the MDC Brooklyn federal jail, sources tell the Daily News.
The feds on Wednesday charged David Motovich, 51, who's serving a 15-year sentence in a $55 million fraud case, with possessing two cell phones behind bars — one while he was held pre-trial in the MDC, the other in FCI Otisville, where he's doing his time.
The criminal complaint against Motovich shows a photo of him posing with another man, his face redacted by a gray box.
Multiple law enforcement sources and sources familiar with the case have identified the man as Alexander.
He has been nonstop on (the) phone from there, said one source familiar with the case.
The complaint accuses Motovich of using a cell phone in the Sunset Park jail between April 2025 and his transfer to Otisville on Jan.
21.
The feds found more than 500 contacts between that phone and people associated with Motovich, including his family, according to the complaint.
And after his transfer, that phone was used to contact people associated with at least three other MDC inmates.
Motovich took the selfie on July 9 of last year.
The complaint doesn't identify Alexander as the other man in the photo, but says the man "was likely also a user of the MDC Contraband Phone."
In March, a federal jury in Manhattan found Alexander, 38, his twin brother, Alon, and his older brother, Tal, guilty in in one of the largest sex trafficking cases ever tried by the Department of Justice.
Tal and Oren, two of the highest-paid real estate brokers in the U.S. before their arrests, could face life in prison when they're sentenced Aug.
6.
Jurors heard rape and abuse allegations involving at least 11 women, who described horrific attacks, often after they had been dosed with date rape drugs and other sedatives.
The jury saw footage of an unconscious 17-year-old girl being raped by Alexander, which the public was not permitted to see.
The defense tried, unsuccessfully, to paint the parade of victims as liars motivated by money, heartbreak or jealousy.
Alexander's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, vowed to appeal the conviction after the jury handed down its verdict.
Alexander's defense team declined comment Wednesday.
Motovich, who faces a federal misdemeanor charge, is expected to be transferred back to MDC Brooklyn as he awaits prosecution in the new case, despite a request from his lawyer, Henry Mazurek, to let him stay in the medium security Otisville prison.
A jury found Motovich guilty in November of using his family-run lumber business in he Midwood as a front for an illegal, unlicensed check-cashing operation for clients, cashing millions of dollars in checks to fund off-the-books payrolls for construction companies.
Mazurek declined comment on the new charges Wednesday.
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