One mix-up of identical twins created chaos in a Miami court after a Marshals Service blunder

Jan 16, 2025

Identical twins are a nightmare for the criminal justice system to deal with. 

Even the most experienced law enforcement can have a slip-up. 

And one mix-up of identical twins created chaos in a Miami court after a Marshals Service blunder. 

Miami luxury real estate brokers accused of heinous crimes 

Identical twins Oren and Alon Alexander were two of the biggest luxury real estate brokers in South Florida. 

They sold high-end properties to celebrities and business moguls in Miami, New York City, and the Hamptons. 

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher, and actress Lindsay Lohan all listed properties with the Alexander twins. 

But there was a dark side to the twins. 

The Alexander twins and their older brother Tal Alexander were arrested on federal charges of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking by force.

Authorities accused the trio of drugging and raping dozens of women for more than a decade. 

Federal prosecutors alleged they lured women “with the promise of luxury experiences, travel, and accommodations.”

Women were brought by the Alexanders to high-end destinations like Aspen, Miami Beach, the Hamptons, and Mexican resorts. 

The authorities have identified more than 40 victims. 

Identical twins involved in a court mix-up 

Oren Alexander missed a scheduled bail hearing in a Miami federal court because of a mix-up. 

The U.S. Marshals Service in New York City issued an order to transport Oren from Miami where he was being detained to New York. 

Marshals were transporting Oren to the Miami International Airport where they were going to fly him to New York when they realized that he still had a bail hearing in a Miami court. 

“We caught it in time,” U.S. Marshals spokesman Brady McCarron told the Miami Herald. “He was never on an airplane and never left the state.”

Miami Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres, who was presiding over the bail hearing, said there was a “miscommunication of orders” at the Marshals Service in New York.

Torres said that Oren was accidentally “shipped to New York” and would not be able to make the bail hearing. 

The judge ordered that Oren be returned to Miami for the bail hearing. 

“We apologize for the confusion,” Torres stated. 

The judge did not realize the Miami Marshals Service had caught the mistake and kept Oren from being flown to New York City. 

Oren missed the bail hearing because of the confusion by the Marshals Service. 

Miami Herald reporters speculated that the mix-up could have happened because Oren was mistaken for his identical twin Alon or that it could have been a paperwork error. 

The twin brothers are facing charges in Miami and New York City. 

Mix-ups like this are exceedingly rare in the federal court system. 

Oren’s defense attorney Richard Klugh did not comment on the mistake.

Klugh is trying to get Oren’s bond hearing moved to New York and combined with his two brothers under the same judge. 

“The intention is to coordinate all of the bond hearings up there in court,” Klugh said. 

Even federal authorities can get tripped up over a case of mistaken identity involving identical twins. 

DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.

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