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… L to R) Mi Jin Lee, Mi Jeong Kim, Eun Kyung Clark, and Kyoung Sil Choi were arrested at a massage parlor in Lansing, and charged with prostitution.
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Clients were getting more than massages at a Lansing massage parlor, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s office.  Officers arrested four women, including the owner of Nabi Spa on prostitution-related charges following a two-month-long undercover sting.
The parlor’s owner, Eun Kyung Clark, 42, of the 8700 block of Branton in Highland, Ind., was ordered held on $20,000 bond Friday in the Markham courthouse, charged with keeping a place of prostitution and a violation of the massage licensing act, according to a sheriff’s release.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Vice Unit initiated an investigation into Clark’s business, Nabi Spa, in the 17900 block of South Torrence Avenue, after tips that patrons were receiving more than massages, according to the release.
Over the course of a two-month investigation, undercover officers learned that employees of the spa were regularly offering customers prostitution …

See the full article from “NBC Chicago”

September 11, 2011 (LANSING, Ill.) –
Four women have been charged with prostitution after a Cook County vice squad’s investigation of a massage parlor in Lansing.

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Highland woman charged with keeping a place of prostitution
By Deborah Laverty deborah.laverty@nwi.com, (219) 762-1397, ext. 2223 nwitimes.com | Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:50 pm | Loading…
MARKHAM | A 42-year-old Highland woman allegedly was operating a house of prostitution inside a Lansing massage parlor.
Euen Kyung Clark, the owner of a massage parlor, appeared in Markham bond court on Friday.
Clark has been charged with keeping a place of prostitution, a felony, and violation of the massage licensing act.
Bond for was set for $20,000.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Vice Unit initiated an investigation into Clark’s business, Nabi Spa, located in the 17900 block of South Torrence in Lansing.
The investigation began after police received tips that patrons were receiving more than just massages.
Over the course of a two-month investigation, undercover officers learned that employees of the spa were regularly offering customers prostitution services.

See the full article from “nwitimes.com”

Sheriff’s investigation finds prostitution at massage parlor
Staff report 2:11 p.m. CDT, September 10, 2011
A 2-month investigation resulted in the arrests of four women — three on misdemeanor charges — involving prostitution services at a Lansing massage parlor, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.
Officers from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police vice unit began the investigation after getting a tip that prostitution services were being offered by employees of the Nabi Spa on the 17900 block of South Torrence Avenue in Lansing, Dart said in a news release.
On Thursday, after a 2-month investigation, officers arrested the owner of the spa, Eun Kyung Clark, 42, of the 8700 block of Branton Avenue in Highland, Ind., on a felony charge of keeping a place of prostitution and violation of the massage licensing act, Dart said.

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Massage therapist Liudmyla Ksenych testified for just 10 minutes before she told government prosecutors she was acquainted with the defense attorney, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Ksenych said attorney Douglas Rathe had been a client at the Chicago massage parlor where she worked in 2009.
She said Rathe had given her perfume and exchanged e-mails with her.
The married attorney told U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman he had visited Ksenych four times for massages and did nothing inappropriate.
His client in the case, Alex Campbell, said he could no longer trust Rathe, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial and set a new trial for January.
A transcript of the proceedings was released on Monday.
Campbell stands accused of hiring immigrant women to work at massage parlors and forcing some of them into sex-trafficking.

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A federal trial of a man accused of exploiting illegal immigrant women by having them work in his massage parlors came to an unusual end last week when a masseuse testifying on the witness stand recognized the man’s defense lawyer — as a client. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman declared a mistrial….
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The story of this mistrial is bizarre and funny, but also sad and unfortunate. The allegations against Campbell — that he “preyed on immigrant women, [by] locking them in apartments, confiscating their passports, driving them to work in the massage parlors, and demanding huge sums of money from them or threatening them with deportation” — are serious. And it is deeply regrettable to see a mistrial declared after five days of testimony. Think of all the hours of hard work — by the lawyers, jurors, and Judge Gettleman — that are getting flushed down the drain.

See the full article from “Above the Law”

Massage Parlor Mistrial Declared After Masseuse Recognizes Defense Lawyer as Client
It’s not every day that the American Bar Association website offers the world a dish of such delicious implications as this, served on a veritable silver platter, but PJM LifeStyle readers, today is our lucky day.  The eye-catching headline reads “Massage Parlor Mistrial Declared After Masseuse Recognizes Defense Lawyer as Client:”
A Chicago federal judge declared a mistrial last week in a sex-trafficking prosecution after a masseuse who worked for the defendant and testified for the prosecution recognized the defense lawyer as a client.
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The revelation prompted U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman to declare a mistrial in the case against a massage parlor owner accused of threatening immigrant women to extort money and force them to into sex trafficking.

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Sex-Trafficking Case Witness Recognizes Attorney, Mistrial Declared
Updated: Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011, 8:27 AM CDTPublished : Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011, 8:27 AM CDT
FOX Chicago News
Chicago – The federal trial of a man accused in a sex-trafficking case came to a quick end last week when a witness said the defense attorney was one of her clients.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Alex Campbell was accused of hiring immigrant women to work at massage parlors and then using threats to force them to pay him thousands of dollars.
After one woman testified against Campbell, she told federal prosecutors that his attorney was one of her massage clients.
Campbell said he could no longer trust the attorney and the judge declared a mistrial.  

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Masseuse Recognizes Attorney as Client, Trial Ends
Defendant claims attorney didn’t tell him, demands a new lawyer
A Chicago-area massage parlor owner’s federal trial came to an abrupt end last week when a masseuse recognized the owner’s attorney as a client while she was testifying.
Alex “Daddy” Campbell stands accused of exploiting women in the country illegally while they worked at his massage parlors, according to the
Chicago Sun-Times. Women testified that Campbell forced them to perform sexual favors during the massages and pay him thousands of dollars under threat of deportation.
Ukrainian immigrant Liudmyla “Liuda” Ksenych recognized Campbell’s court-appointed attorney, Douglas Rathe, as her client while she testified last Monday, according to the Sun-Times.
Rathe admitted to U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman that he got too friendly with the masseuse, even giving her a bottle of perfume, but maintains there was never any sexual contact.

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Trials & Litigation Massage Parlor Mistrial Declared After Masseuse Recognizes Defense Lawyer as Client
A Chicago federal judge declared a mistrial last week in a sex-trafficking prosecution after a masseuse who worked for the defendant and testified for the prosecution recognized the defense lawyer as a client.
After stepping down from the stand, masseuse Liudmyla Ksenych told prosecutors she recognized defense lawyer Douglas Rathe, report the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune.
The revelation prompted U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman to declare a mistrial in the case against a massage parlor owner accused of threatening immigrant women to extort money and force them to into sex trafficking.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur said in a court hearing there is no indication that Rathe asked for any extras during his massages, the Sun-Times says. Rathe told the newspaper there was no sex.

See the full article from “ABA Journal”