Two real estate tycoons and their brother were arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, New York prosecutors announced Wednesday. The big picture: Oren and Tal Alexander are accused of using their wealth and prominent positions in real estate in ultra-luxury markets in N.

Prosecutors said the Florida luxury real-estate agents used their status to run a sex-trafficking scheme to drug, violently assault and rape dozens of women.

Alon Alexander and Oren Alexander, 37-year-old twins, and their brother Tal Alexander, 38, were charged in a federal indictment obtained by PEOPLE. All three, who primarily live in New York and Florida, were arrested in Miami, Fla., on Wednesday, Dec. 11, the Southern District of New York said in a statement .