Defendant Sentenced To 22 Years’ Imprisonment For Sex Trafficking Women At The Sayville Motor Lodge On Long Island

Michael Johnson and His Co-Conspirators Used Force, Fraud, and Coercion To Sell Women’s Bodies For Profit Michael Johnson, also known as “Wise,” was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert in federal court in Central Islip to 22 years’ imprisonment for sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate prostitution. Johnson and his co-conspirators operated a sex trafficking business out of the Sayville Motor Lodge, a motel located near Sunrise Highway on Long Island. Johnson was convicted of these crimes following a two-week jury trial in October 2025. Restitution for the victim will be determined at a later date. The Sayville Motor Lodge was a property at the center of a sex trafficking conspiracy based on Long Island. In November 2022, an indictment was unsealed in the Eastern District of New York charging Johnson, Timothy Bullen, motel owners Narendarakuma Dadarwala and his wife Shardaben Dadarwala, their son Jigar Dadarwala, Ashokbhai Patel, and Himanshu, Inc. d/b/a Sayville Motor Lodge with sex trafficking conspiracy. The Dadarwalas, Patel and Himanshu were also charged with managing a drug premises, and Narendarakuma Dadarwala was charged with distribution of proceeds of prostitution and narcotics businesses. In September 2025, a superseding indictment charged Johnson with three additional counts of sex trafficking. As proven at trial, from approximately 2014 to 2022, Johnson, a pimp, conspired with others to further his sex trafficking business out of the Sayville Motor Lodge. Johnson forcibly sex trafficked multiple women, some of whom were addicted to drugs, and compelled them to commit commercial sex acts through a combination of force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion. Johnson controlled the victims by confiscating all the proceeds they earned from commercial sex acts; posting advertisements for them on various websites and setting the rates they would charge; using drugs — by both giving and withholding drugs — to induce them to stay and continue performing sex acts; isolating them from others; and physically, mentally, and emotionally abusing them. The women Johnson trafficked observed his close relationship with the Dadarwalas, and how the Dadarwalas facilitated and protected Johnson’s illegal activities. Johnson instilled fear in the women he trafficked through physical violence and rape. Several victims testified that Johnson anally raped them and carried a gun at all times. Co-defendants Narendarakuma Dadarwala and Shardaben Dadarwala pleaded guilty to sex trafficking conspiracy in April 2025, and co-defendant Patel pleaded guilty to sex trafficking conspiracy in September 2025. All three defendants are awaiting sentencing. The case remains pending against co-defendants Timothy Bullen and Jigar Dadarwala. In connection with the November 2022 indictment and the arrests of Johnson and his co-conspirators, the United States seized the Sayville Motor Lodge. In October 2023, the United States facilitated the sale of the Sayville Motor Lodge to a company that was partially owned by a principal of a neighboring business with longstanding ties to the community. A portion of the proceeds of the sale were earmarked for forfeiture to the United States government, which enabled the Office to seek compensation for the victims of the charged conduct through the Department of Justice’s remission procedures. The Defendant: MICHAEL JOHNSON (also known as “Wise”) Age: 37 Selbyville, Delaware Defendants Previously Convicted: NARENDARAKUMA DADARWALA (also known as “Naren,” “Pa” and “Dad”) Age: 79 Sayville, Long Island SHARDABEN DADARWALA (also known as “Sharda,” “Ma” and “Mom”) Age: 72 Sayville, Long Island ASHOKBHAI PATEL (also known as “BG”) Age: 61 Omaha, Nebraska Defendants Pending Trial: TIMOTHY BULLEN (also known as “Trouble,” “T” and “Tiervoni”) Age: 38 Bay Shore, Long Island JIGAR DADARWALA (also known as “Cobra”) Age: 47 Sayville, Long Island