{"id":6869,"date":"2014-10-27T05:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=6869"},"modified":"2014-10-26T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T02:59:53","slug":"indicted-operating-40-brothel-prostitution-ring-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=6869","title":{"rendered":"Ten Indicted for Operating a 40-Brothel Prostitution Ring in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> \u2013 A federal grand jury indicted 10 defendants for their alleged role in a large prostitution ring that recruited Asian women to work as prostitutes in about 40 brothels located throughout the Bay Area, federal officials said last week.<\/p>\n

The defendants \u2013 Allen Fong, Ya Huai Hung, Leow Wan Ru Veron, Robert Chun, Jie Mu, Laurence Shu Kwan Lee, Kevin Hartig, Waylon Fong, Angelina Chuong<\/strong>, and Chonthicha Jaemratanasophin<\/strong> \u2013 are charged with several felonies:<\/p>\n

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  1. Conspiring to Conduct Enterprise Affairs Through a Pattern of Racketeering Activity<\/li>\n
  2. Use of Facility in Interstate and Foreign Commerce to Promote Prostitution<\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0Laundering of Monetary Instruments; Importation of Aliens for an Immoral Purpose<\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0Transportation in Interstate and Foreign Commerce for Prostitution<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    According to the indictment, all 10 defendants are charged with Conspiracy to Conduct a Racketeering Enterprise for operating 40 brothels in the greater San Francisco Bay Area from at least August 2002 through July 2014.<\/p>\n

    This is how the enterprise allegedly worked:<\/strong><\/p>\n