Feds charge 3 in sex ring catering to elected officials, military officers, tech execs

Nov 09, 2023

Lauren Taylor Anchor/Reporter

By Lauren Taylor (Anchor/Reporter), Alex Peebles (Producer), Zachary Hill (Editor)

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On Wednesday, Nov. 8, federal prosecutors charged three people in connection with running a network of high-end brothels that federal officials said politicians, military officers, government contractors, and even tech executives frequented. According to acting U.S. Attorney Josh Levy, the three people charged, Han Lee, James Lee, and Junmyung Lee, rented high-end apartments as brothel locations in Massachusetts and in Fairfax and Tysons, Virginia, just outside of the District of Columbia.

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“It is alleged that the perspective sex buyers in this scheme first had to respond to a survey and provide information online, including their driver’s license photos, their employer information, credit card information, and they often paid a monthly fee to be part of this elicit club,” Levy said.

Pick a profession; they are probably represented in this case.
U.S. Attorney Josh Levy

Levy said in a news conference that the interstate sex ring catered to wealthy clients, raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars over at least three years.

“The buyers that made up this ring hail from an array of professions,” Levy said. “They are doctors, they are lawyers, they are accountants, they are elected officials, they are executives at high tech companies and pharmaceutical companies, they are military officers, government contractors, professors, scientists. Pick a profession; they are probably represented in this case.”

According to the charging documents, clients would pay between $350 to $600 per hour for services.

Levy did not give specific details on the identities of the sex ring’s clients but said there are likely hundreds of them.

Prosecutors allege in court documents that the ring leaders recruited women by “persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing” them into interstate travel and prostitution.

Levy said two men arrested appeared in federal court on Wednesday, Nov. 8.

The three men have all been charged with conspiracy to coerce and entice to travel to engage in illegal sexual activity; the charges carry a five-year prison sentence along with a $250,000 fine.

Tags: Massachusetts, sex trafficking, Washington DC

ON WEDNESDAY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS CHARGED THREE PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH RUNNING A NETWORK OF HIGH-END BROTHELS THAT FEDS SAY – POLITICIANS, MILITARY OFFICERS, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS, AND EVEN TECH EXECS FREQUENTED…

THESE CHARGES GOT MAJOR ATTENTION – COVERED BY NEWS SOURCES ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.

WE LOOKED AT HOW OUTLETS ON THE LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTER PRESENTED THE SCANDAL AND FOUND THEY’RE COVERING IT SIMILARLY.

HERE ARE THE FACTS – ACCORDING TO ACTING U-S ATTORNEY JOSH LEVY – THE THREE PEOPLE CHARGED, RENTED HIGH END APARTMENTS AS BROTHEL LOCATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND IN FAIRFAX AND TYSONS VIRGINIA JUST OUTSIDE OF D-C –

Josh Levy – Acting US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts: “It is alleged that the perspective sex buyers in this scheme first had to respond to a survey and provide information online, including their drivers license photos, their employer information, credit card information, and they often paid a monthly fee to be part of this elicit club.”

ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY JOSH LEVY SAID IN A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT THE INTERSTATE SEX RING CATERED TO WEALTHY CLIENTS – RAKING IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER A SPAN OF AT LEAST THREE YEARS..

Josh Levy – Acting US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts: “THE BUYERS THAT MADE UP THIS RING HAIL FROM AN ARRAY OF PROFESSIONS… THEY ARE DOCTORS, THEY ARE LAWYERS, THEY ARE ACCOUNTANTS, THEY ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY ARE EXECUTIVES AT HIGH TECH COMPANIES, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, THEY ARE MILITARY OFFICERS, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS, PROFESSORS, SCIENTISTS. PICK A PROFESSION, THEY ARE PROBABLY REPRESENTED IN THIS CASE.”

ACCORDING TO THE CHARGING DOCUMENTS CLIENTS WOULD PAY ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE-HUNDRED-AND-50 DOLLARS TO UPWARDS OF SIX-HUNDRED DOLLARS PER HOUR FOR SERVICES.

LEVY DID NOT GIVE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE IDENTITIES OF THE RINGS CLIENTS BUT SAID THERE ARE LIKELY HUNDREDS OF THEM..

PROSECUTORS ALLEGE IN COURT DOCUMENTS THAT THE RING LEADERS RECRUITED WOMEN BY QUOTE: “PERSUADING, INDUCING, ENTICING, OR COERCING” THEM INTO INTERSTATE TRAVEL AND PROSTITUTION.

LEVY SAYS THAT TWO OF THE MEN ARRESTED APPEARED IN FEDERAL COURT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON..

THE THREE MEN HAVE ALL BEEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COERCE AND ENTICE TO TRAVEL TO ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY… THE CHARGES CARRY A 5 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ALONG WITH A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE…