Earlier this week, Chow Chan Kong, 59, was handed a 21-month sentence, to be served at a federal prison, after which he will be deported back to Malaysia.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a press release on its website on Tuesday that the trio had been running the prostitution ring over a two-year period in Doraville, Georgia.
According to the facts of the case, Chow had assisted Huang Xiaohong, a woman from China, and another Chinese national, Gong Biyun, in luring Asian women from other US states to work in the sex trade out of a large apartment building in Doraville.
“Interstate prostitution is a serious crime that exploits women and harms our community. Brothels remain a blight in segments of our communities,” US Attorney Byung J Pak said, alleging that Chow was involved in the day-to-day operations of the “business”.
In his defence, Chow denied being involved directly in the business, saying he was only working for Huang and his duties included driving the women to and from the airport in Atlanta.
The DoJ charged that the three accused had made arrangements for new women to be flown in on commercial flights every 10 days.