A years-long prostitution operation allegedly run out of a Wayne County home has led to a federal indictment.
Eric Simpson, a Rochester-area public-school teacher also known as “Major Hands,” faces a federal charge accusing him of using the internet to promote and manage a prostitution business operating out of a home on Canandaigua Road in Macedon.
A federal grand jury in Buffalo returned the indictment March 10. Prosecutors say the activity stretched from about 2021 through December 2025.
Investigators say Simpson used the home at 2411 Canandaigua Road as a location where commercial sex workers met customers and carried out sex transactions.
The indictment alleges Simpson regularly organized prostitution parties at the property. He allegedly arranged for sex workers to attend and be available for both him and invited guests.
Prosecutors say Simpson promoted the parties through emails sent from a Gmail account he controlled.
Those messages reportedly described how many women would attend and sometimes listed them by first name. The emails also set the terms of the events, including a cover charge and instructions about which rooms guests could use.
The emails also gave parking instructions so vehicles would not park too close to the house.
Guests were directed to negotiate “donations” for services directly with the “dancers,” according to the indictment.
Authorities also allege Simpson allowed sex workers to use the home to meet customers even when he was not present.
Prosecutors say he used the internet to advertise which workers were operating out of the residence and what sex acts they would perform.
The single federal count accuses Simpson of using an interstate facility — the internet — to promote, manage, and carry on a prostitution enterprise in violation of federal law and New York’s prostitution statute.
An indictment is an accusation. Simpson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
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