US EditionRemaining suspected customers in high-end brothel case being identified Friday
- On March 28, suspected clients of a high-end brothel ring operating out of luxury apartments in Cambridge, Watertown, and eastern Virginia were identified in the third hearing of a series.
- The brothel operation used websites that falsely claimed to advertise nude models for professional photography, and clients often paid a monthly membership fee and between $350 to $600 more hourly for prostitution services.
- The hearings stemmed from charges in federal court against three people accused of operating the brothels, including Han Lee, who pleaded guilty in September 2024 and was sentenced to four years in prison, and Junmyung Lee, who pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to commit interstate prostitution.
- Federal prosecutors stated that clients included politicians, corporate executives, military officers, professors, and scientists, and the court magistrate found sufficient evidence to proceed with charges of sexual conduct for a fee against the men, advising that a summons would be issued for a later date.
- Former sex crimes prosecutor Wendy Murphy stated that open court hearings, ensured by a Supreme Judicial Court decision in 2024, are key to curbing exploitative crime, promoting transparency, accountability and public confidence, and that most men wouldn't engage in such activity if they thought their names might become public.
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Final hearings reveal more names of men implicated in Cambridge brothel
Friday’s final hearings for men accused of paying for sex through a high-end Cambridge brothel ring revealed more suspects’ names, following last week’s implications of a Cambridge city councilor and a Boston oncologist.
Third day of hearings for alleged buyers in Cambridge brothel bust
A third and final round of hearings was held Friday for the alleged buyers of a high-end brothel ring that operated out of Cambridge, Watertown and a Washington, D.C. suburb before being busted in November 2023. Before Friday, 23 suspected clients had been identified, including Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner. Another 10 men were identified in court Friday. They included: Amrit Chaudhuri, of Brookline Mitchell Rubenstein, of Chestnut Hill M…
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