Two South Koreans charged with operating brothels in the US are set to appear for a hearing in federal court on Monday to determine whether they will be held behind bars pending an outcome in the case.
Clients of the high-end brothels, located in rented luxury apartments across the Boston area and around Washington, DC, included politicians, business executives, doctors, military members and government contractors with security clearances, according to investigators.
No client list has been made public.
Han Lee, 41, and Junmyung Lee, 30, who are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate judge on Monday in Worchester, Massachusetts, allegedly ran the operations of multiple brothels around Boston, organizing travel for sex workers from California, Las Vegas and Virginia, maintaining a rotation of women for buyers to choose from.
The pair, according to investigators, would shuttle the women from airports to the apartment brothels, deliver groceries to the women so they wouldn’t leave the apartment, and arranged and scheduled buyers.
A detention hearing for a third individual who was arrested as part of the alleged scheme, James Lee, 68, has not yet been scheduled. He is accused of running part of the financial side of the brothels – renting out apartments in his or fake identities and operating numerous businesses to allegedly launder money through.
The three individuals have been charged with conspiring to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce one or more individuals to travel in interstate or foreign commerce to engage in prostitution.
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In the affidavit for the charges against the three individuals, Homeland Security Investigations agent Zachary Mitlitsky detailed how federal and local law enforcement uncovered the alleged brothel ring, through confidential sources, tracking cell phones,…
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