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Friday, February 1, 2013

Korean Gang Founder Sentenced to 17 Years for Extorting Annandale Businesses

Han Sa Yu pleaded guilty to extortion in November last year.

The founder of a Korean gang was sentenced Friday morning to 17 years and six months in prison for extorting Annandale businesses. Han Sa Yu, 44, founder of the Korean Night Breeders Gang, used "fear, violence and threats of violence to extort Korean businesses operating in Annandale," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Read more: Alleged Korean Gang Members Indicted for Extorting Annandale Businesses The release further states that Yu, a resident of Maryland, will have three years of supervised released following the end of his more than 17-year sentence in prison. Yu also agreed to pay more than $98,000 in restitution to extortion victims. Yu, who is from South Korea, pleaded…

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Alleged Korean Gang Members Indicted for Extorting Annandale Businesses and Police, U.S. Attorney’s Office Take Action on Local Sex Trafficking

David Aims

8:09 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013

Sounds like he himself was an illegal immigrant, if not in the letter of the law, then in the spirit of it.   more ›

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Former Annandale Massage Parlor Owner Pleads Guilty to Prostitution, Money Laundering

Backlick Road business catered to local pastor, gynecologist and military men.

The former owner of an Annandale massage parlor pled guilty Thursday in federal court to charges of prostitution and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced.  The former owner, Susan Lee Gross, also known as Ju Mee Lee Gross, 46, is originally from South Korea but now lives in Trinidad, Colo. She could face up to five years in prison for the prostitution charge and up to 20 years for money laundering. The business, Peach Therapy, is still open in Annandale and an employee answered the phone there on Thursday. She said Gross had not been there in some time.  “Peach Therapy was nothing but a front for a prostitution ring that recruited and transported women from several states, and the …

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Illegal Massage Parlors: Rep. Wolf Asks for Investigations, Charges Filed Against Local Massage Parlors, Meet Jessica Johnson, Annandale’s Anti-Trafficking Crusader, and 2 more ›

Vincent Careatti

1:27 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012

Just coming back from Amsterdam I was amazed at the 21St century attitude towards sex. Completely open, legal, taxed, safe, and drug and disease free with no human exploration. A man walks down any one of several streets where the women stand in windows. If you find someone to suit your desires then walk in, shades are closed and you go about your business. No money laundering, or explotation of …   more ›

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