A disclaimer on the website advertising the brothels in Virginia says the site “does not promote a prostitution” and “Money exchanged is for companionship only and anything beyond that is a choice made between two consenting adults,” according to the affidavit.įirst time buyers would allegedly have to go through a verification process, submitting their driver’s license or a headshot along with other information. The website advertised “models” – pictured on the sites in underwear in provocative poses – for photographers to hire, the affidavit says. 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, stakeouts, search warrants, interviews of at least 20 buyers, and, at one point, going through trash to uncover flight records.Īccording to the affidavit, the brothels were advertised through two websites, one for clients in the Boston area and another for those in Eastern Virginia, just outside the nation’s capital. “You guys know more about this case than I do,” an attorney for Junmyung, John Amabile, told reporters following the hearing when asked about details in the case. The judge also told prosecutors to file on a potential conflict in the case but did not elaborate what the conflict might be. Han, dressed in an orange prison uniform and Junmyung, dressed in dark green, confirmed to the magistrate judge Monday through a translator that they agreed with delaying the hearing, now scheduled for November 22. 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. 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 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.Ī detention hearing for a third individual who was arrested as part of the alleged scheme, James Lee, 68, has not yet been scheduled. 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. A court hearing for two South Koreans charged with operating brothels in the US to determine whether they will be held behind bars pending an outcome in the case has been delayed until next week.Ĭlients 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.
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