28-01-2025
Former Tufts doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted child sex trafficking
BOSTON (WWLP) – A former anesthesiologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for attempted sex trafficking of a child.
Sadeq Ali Quraishi, 47, was convicted in October 2024 on one count of attempted child sex trafficking. Quraishi responded to an online advertisement in November 2022, during which time he was a practicing doctor at Tufts. The advertisement offered commercial sex with girls aged 12 and 14 years old.
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However, the online ads were created by undercover law enforcement as part of an undercover operation made to catch people seeking paid sex with children. Quraishi communicated via text with the undercover agents who posed as a sex trafficker, and he agreed to pay $250 for a sex act to be performed by the 14-year-old girl.
The charging documents state that Quraishi then withdrew cash from an ATM, and drove from his house in Boston to a Waltham hotel to meet with the alleged seller of the girls.
He met with the undercover agent and confirmed he had the money, and was given a keycard to the room he was told the child would be. Shortly afterward, Quraishi was arrested, and the cash found in his possession was exactly $250.
Quraishi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
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