Attorney General John Suthers announced Monday that four of those arrested are accused of paying to have sex with underage girls. Suthers says three people accused of offering juvenile girls up for sex on Backpage. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The crime is one the U. The business, which has been closed, advertised foot and body reflexology on its outdoor sign. Business owners in the same shopping complex said they knew from looking inside and the type of clientele going in and out of Happy Feet that something else was going on. Paula Hawkins owns the Curves gym next door. She said when her female members tried to go inside Happy Feet they were met with resistance. The federal indictment states that defendants Hyosook Ko and Patrick Kim supplied the prostitutes, condoms, shower massage tables and provided the prostitutes housing.
Federal agents said the money made at Happy Feet was then laundered to South Korea. Other portions of the federal indictment include the purchase of condoms from a bulk delivery service.
Just two doors down the Rocky Mountain School for the Deaf where parents and their children come and go on a regular basis. CBS4 β There has been a crackdown on crimes involving prostitution and human trafficking in Colorado.
Agents say it was a storefront for prostitution and money laundering, among other crimes. They also want the international victims who are pulled in to know they will help them. Business owners near Happy Feet say they knew something was wrong when an all-male clientele began showing up all hours of the day and night.
