Image: The Dearborn County Register
We used to always pass by Far East Studio in Aurora and crack jokes about its $5 massage specials–complete with happy endings. We would check the cars parked out front to see if we knew any of its clients. And it was all fun and games. Until someone gets arrested, that is:
“Federal authorities say they have busted the leader of a national prostitution ring - a 50-year-old Cheviot woman.Yong Williams admitted to undercover agents that she drove 40,000 miles in seven months, delivering Korean women to massage parlors across the nation that were fronts for brothels, according to federal court records.
Some of the massage parlors are in Northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana. The parlors included the Temporal Zone and Island Relaxation in Florence, 609 Studio in Newport, the Trend in Burlington and five parlors in Dearborn County, Ind., including LA, Rainbow Studio and Sun spas.”
And she wasn’t alone:
“At least 12 other people were charged in Dearborn County with felonies including promoting prostitution, money laundering, theft and conspiracy to commit corrupt business influence related to the alleged prostitution ring.
At least one of the massage parlors printed coupons in a weekly newspaper distributed throughout the region, according to Indiana court records.
One Indiana patron, identified as John Doe No. 26, said he used the $20 coupon to get a one-hour massage for $60. He then paid an additional $40 for a woman to perform a sex act on him in a sauna, according to the records.”
While Far East Studio isn’t named in the news article, I’d imagine that passersby today will see a little less life at the property.
This is one story that doesn’t have a happy ending. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)
I wonder if anyone actually marries them?
OMG, this is hilarious
Left by keli on May 21st, 2008