A Korean-American organization that operated a high-end brothel ring in the Boston, Massachusetts area and Virginia that mainly targeted politicians, doctors, professors, and other socially respected professionals was recently indicted by a federal grand jury. Since the organization’s identity was revealed in November of last year, a series of allegations have surfaced, including rumors that one of its clients is the second son of US President Joe Biden and that foreign intelligence services may be behind the organization.
The Massachusetts prosecutor’s office said in a press release on Feb. 2. that three Korean Americans arrested last November on suspicion of running the operation of illegal brothels have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston. Grand juries are usually held for violations of US federal law or felonies. A jury of 16 to 23 people will look at the evidence presented by the prosecution and decide whether or not to charge you.
The three indicted are a Korean named Han Lee(41), another Korean Jun-myung Lee(30) who is an international student, and James Lee(68) who is believed to be of Korean descent. They are accused of operating multiple brothels in Massachusetts and Virginia since July 2020 and inducing multiple Asian women to engage in prostitution. They are also accused of sex trafficking and money laundering.
The men rented nine luxury apartments and used them as brothels. The monthly rent for one apartment was $3,664. Women sex laborers stayed there under the rules that they should not to attract neighbors’ attention.
The organization used a website to attract guests. It featured photos of nude models shot in high-end studios and advertised that “you can have sex with them by appointment.” Customers had to go through a fairly rigorous process to make a reservation. They had to provide their name, email address, phone number, and references.
The prosecutors said that the indicted organization members lured prostitutes by assuring them that they would be ‘secured with a select group of male clients. Customers allegedly paid a “premium price” from $350 up to $600 in cash. Some allegedly paid monthly membership fees of $1,000. They pocketed and stashed hundreds of thousands of dollars in sex trafficking proceeds.
They kept Korean-language account book, according to an investigation filed by Homeland Security investigators. The book detailed the names of the prostitutes, their schedule on a daily and weekly basis, the clients they served, and the amount of money they paid for sex. Federal prosecutors obtained a list of politicians, business executives, doctors, military officers, lawyers, professors, and scientists and indicted 28 of them.
During this process, it was further revealed that the Korean-Americans frequently sent the women to Los Angeles for the clients staying there. Los Angeles Magazine, a local California publication, raised suspicions that Hunter Biden, the second son of President Biden, may have been on their client list.
The possibility of “spying” by the Korean-American brothel ring has also been raised. Citing a former CIA operative, the UK’s Daily Mail reported that those running the sex trafficking ring could be spies sponsored by the Russian, Chinese, and Israeli governments. The allegation is that foreign intelligence agencies may have used prostitution rings targeting social leaders to gather US secrets.
