Authorities say this ledger shows earnings for a prostitute working for a ring that operated in three states including Massachusetts. Federal court records. Clients looking to arrange a meeting with a prostitute involved in a multi-state network - including locations in the Boston area - first had to fill out a form allowing the organization to verify clients' employment, authorities said in a federal affidavit.
Five people in three states were arrested earlier this month and charged with running a prostitution ring with brothels in Cambridge and two other states. Two of the people arrested are from Watertown and Lexington. Errol Flynn, a special agent with the U. Department of Homeland Security, said the ring began around November and continued to operate until authorities shut it down earlier this month.
Investigators raided locations in Virginia, Cambridge, Watertown, Lexington, and Georgia as part of the sting operation.
Using three websites, the ring said it did not promote prostitution, but detailed a process each client "must undertake to book appointments with the advertised women," the special agent said. In Massachusetts, the group used the website bostonasiandolls. Text messages were then sent to clients with information on locations. Investigators say Asian women were moved from the different cities to work as prostitutes as part of the network. Agents interviewed men who used the website.
The men were told to follow a protocol when arriving at the apartments or other locations used in the ring. Men had to use mouthwash and shower before having sex with one of the women advertised on the websites, Flynn said. Women were advertised with descriptions and fake names, investigators said.
