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Han Lee Pleads Guilty to Running Brothels Catering to Politicians in Massachusetts and Virginia

Sep 27, 2024, 05:24 PM

Han Lee, a Massachusetts woman accused of managing a high-end interstate prostitution network operating brothels in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, and in Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on Friday to charges of conspiracy to induce individuals to engage in prostitution and money laundering. The brothel network, described as an 'Asian sex ring,' catered to wealthy and well-connected clients, including politicians, corporate executives, lawyers, and military officers in the greater Boston area and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Lee faces potential sentences of up to five years and twenty years on the two counts. She entered her plea without a plea agreement.