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BOSTON -The couple arrested in 2015 for organizing a "swingers' party" at an Auburn hotel were indicted last month on human trafficking charges.

Attorney General Maura Healey's office brought human trafficking charges against Jon Lowell, 45, and Courtney Nicholopoulos, 39, both of 56A Brigham St., Hubbardston, in connection with these "swingers" parties they organized at hotels around Middlesex and Worcester counties.

Lowell and Nicholopoulos are accused of charging entrance fees to the parties and then keeping all of the money themselves instead of paying the women the money that was promised.

The pair were two of 29 people total arrested from the Holiday Inn Express in Auburn last summer. Worcester police broke up the party after investigating a listing on Backpage.com. The listing offered $5,000 to $12,000 for the women to participate, according to police.

A search warrant filed by Worcester police detailed information they received on parties also held in Worcester and Billerica. The men reported to police they paid $100 for protected sex and $200 for unprotected sex.

One woman told police she was promised $12,000 to participate in the Worcester party. Lowell and Nicholopoulos told her and the other women to meet them at a nearby restaurant to be paid. The couple never showed up.

Healey's office said parties were held in Auburn, Billerica, Northborough, Westminster and Worcester.

Lowell and Nicholopoulos were two of five people charged under Massachusetts' human trafficking law last month. Around 25 individuals have been prosecuted under the state law, which went into effect in 2012.

