Han Lee, 42, pleaded guilty to running a prostitution ring that served wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs. The operation functioned as a kind of club, offering clients menus of women and services for meet-ups at rented luxury apartments.
with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs pleaded guilty in federal court Friday.
Han Lee, 42, entered court dressed in an orange shirt and orange pants, her black hair tied in the back. She also relied on the help of a translator. Lee said she was not a U.S. citizen and had gone as far as high school in her education.Scott Lauer, a lawyer for Han Lee, said she would remain in custody after the hearing but declined to comment further. A lawyer for James Lee declined to comment. A lawyer representing Junmyung Lee said his next court appearance has been rescheduled.
At one point through a translator, Han Lee said that she didn't control the women, but agreed that she had persuaded them to engage in interstate travel to take part in prostitution. Han Lee maintained the operation from 2020 to November 2023. The money made at the brothels was sometimes kept in the freezer to be picked up, prosecutors said. They said she also helped train Junmyung Lee to help vet sex buyers.
The operators raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars through the network, where men paid from approximately $350 to upwards of $600 per hour depending on the services, according to prosecutors. According to court documents, the defendants established house rules for the women during their stays in a given city to protect and maintain the secrecy of the business and ensure the women did not draw attention to the prostitution work inside apartment buildings.
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