Little black book

Madame to some important people(politicians, sr military, trade execs) pleads guilty, feds defer prosecution of clients to states, someone fighting public access to due cause. This could be entertaining

Virginia prosecutors covering politically connected, not enough to bring charges, nothing to see here..

How does one contract a hacker?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wo...rk-that-catered-politicians-execs-2024-09-27/

BOSTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Friday to running a high-end brothel network in the greater Boston area and the suburbs of Washington that served wealthy and well-connected clientele including politicians, corporate executives, lawyers and military officers. Han Lee appeared in Boston federal court to plead guilty to charges that she conspired to persuade, induce and entice primarily Asian women to travel to Massachusetts and Virginia to engage in prostitution and committed money laundering.
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Authorities have estimated the network's customer base was in the hundreds and say it included elected officials, pharmaceutical and technology executives, doctors, military officers, professors, lawyers, business executives, scientists and accountants.
No client has been identified. Federal prosecutors after announcing the case pursued referrals to local authorities for potential state-level charges in Massachusetts and Virginia against the alleged customers.
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In December, Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said authorities were seeking state-level charges against 28 alleged brothel clients in Massachusetts. Those cases have been tied up in litigation now before the state's highest court over whether the media can attend so-called "show cause" hearings that are normally closed to the public in which a clerk-magistrate would decide whether probable cause exists to charge the men with misdemeanors.

Prosecutors in Virginia also received referrals but ultimately concluded they did not have sufficient evidence to make a case against any clients under the state's solicitation statute, said Laura Birnbaum, a spokesperson for Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano.

 

No comment on Virgina DA refusing to press charges or feds punting on charging any of the johns?

nope, not enough evidence...

can anybody say blackmail???

Apparently Massachusetts thinks they have plenty to prosecute with

MA, VA brothel bust: Woman pleads guilty, details from court – NBC Boston

Prosecutors have not publicly named any of the buyers and they have not been charged. Acting Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Josh Levy has said prosecutors are committed to holding accountable both those who ran the scheme and those who fueled the demand.
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Prosecutors said their evidence included witness testimony from women who worked at the brothels, sex buyers who made appointments or received services, physical surveillance and electronic evidence.
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Authorities seized cash, ledgers detailing the activities of the brothels and phones believed to be used to communicate with the sex customers from their apartments, according to court papers.

Each website described a verification process that interested sex buyers undertook to be eligible for appointment bookings, including requiring clients to complete a form providing their full names, email addresses, phone numbers, employers and references if they had one, authorities said.

 

the feds, and the states, have all the digital evidence. Can they really keep the ones in Virgina secret if the ones in Massachusetts get charged? SUrely someone can hack in and get this data?