A Lynn man pleaded guilty to sex trafficking vulnerable women across state lines during the pandemic.

Anthony Coleman, 36, admitted to two counts of benefitting financially from trafficking two women for sex and two counts of persuading and coercing someone to travel to engage in prostitution in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, according to a plea agreement signed by the defendant.

The first charge carries a maximum life sentence while the second has a maximum penalty of 20 years behind bars. In exchange for pleading guilty, federal prosecutors are dropping several other sex trafficking charges against Coleman and recommending a 20-year sentence maximum for all four counts.

Prosecutors said Coleman recruited his first victim in March of 2020 after the victim lost her job because of the p

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