A Queens couple faces sex trafficking charges for tricking two South Korean women into prostitution by helping them pay for their travel and offering them a restaurant job in the U.S. Authorities launched an investigation after one of the victims came forward to accuse Jung Ja Ornstein, 62, and Eric Ornstein, 49, of sex trafficking. Eric Ornstein appeared at the Queens Supreme Court on March 4 and Jung Ja Ornstein on March 11, New York Daily News reported. One of the victims answered an ad she found in South Korea in 2015 promising her a job in the U.S. and travel expenses paid by her employers, according to the Astoria Post. As part of their agreement, her employers required her to pay the $10,000 they used for transportation and her passport fees. Jung Ja picked up the victim at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and brought her to an address in Steinway Street, Astoria. However, the deal suddenly changed, and she informed her that she would work as a prostitute to pay off her debt to the Ornsteins. The suspects allegedly forced her to have sex with strangers at the address. The woman took the victim’s passport and gave it to her husband. They eventually gave it back and left her alone in March 2017. However, a second victim also came forward to accuse the couple of forcing her into prostitution. She answered a similar work ad in South Korea in 2001, where her passport was also taken away. The second victim worked in a bar for a year and only kept her tips as compensation, having to still pay rent from her employer. Her own debts were "purchased" by a woman, who employed her in a massage parlor. She would eventually end up working for the Ornsteins at the same Steinway Street location in Astoria as the first victim. Just like her work in the bar, the Ornsteins let her keep her tips, but then took all of the money she earned. The second woman would tell Jung Ja she wanted to leave, but would allegedly be threatened with, “You have to work, you owe money. You think I won’t find you?” Eric was described as loud and violent, would break things and carried a metal pipe when he thought the women weren't earning enough. The Ornsteins let the second woman go in 2017, but still allegedly tracked her down in late 2020 and told her she had more to pay. Fearing for her safety, she paid them $8,500 using her savings. The couple’s court appearance resulted in an 18-count indictment and are facing several charges, including sex trafficking, promoting prostitution, grand larceny and more. If found guilty, the Ornsteins could each face 25 years of prison time. The Queens couple's defense lawyer Christopher Cassar claimed that the victims allegedly stole money from the Ornsteins, and set the couple up with the allegations. “They’re totally false. The complaining witnesses in this case had stolen $30,000 from my client,” Cassar said. “My clients in the fall of 2020 were discussing the repayment of that money.” He also alleged one of the victim’s male friends attacked the older Ornstein when they visited her home. The couple pressed charges against the attacker but were dropped after being threatened by the “Korean mafia.” Featured Image via Getty
Queens Couple Charged for Forcing Two Korean Women Into Prostitution
| Source: | https://news.yahoo.com/queens-couple-charged-forcing-two-180713682.html |
| Published: | Mar 18, 2021 |
| Author: | Bryan Ke |
| Post Date: | 2021-03-18 11:45:06 by Ada |
| Views: | 1278 |
#1: NeoconsNailed To: Ada (#0)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orn stein
NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-18 11:52:04 Reply Private Reply
#2: Ada To: NeoconsNailed (#1)
Over the past decade, the NYPD has made thousands of prostitution arrests. In 2014, there were more than 1,700. Raids on massage parlors have also spiked in recent years: 649 people, mostly Chinese and Korean women, were arrested at these parlors in 2016, a significant increase from the 38 arrested in 2012. According to Legal Aid, 91 percent of the 2016 cases were against non-citizens.
Ada posted on 2021-03-18 13:23:30 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-18 13:34:35 Reply Private Reply
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Pinguinite posted on 2021-03-18 15:28:10 Reply Private Reply
#5: BTP Holdings To: NeoconsNailed (#3)
I'm sure you remember the movie, Taxi Driver. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-18 15:48:25 Reply Private Reply
#6: BTP Holdings To: Pinguinite (#4)
When you figure in the costs of appeals and the length of time it takes to go thru those appeals, many still pay the ultimate price for their crimes. ;)
www.ojp.gov/pdff iles1/nij/grants/217555.pdf
This generated a database of 1,676 cases. Measuring from date of death sentence, it took a median 966 days to complete direct appeal. Petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court added 188 days where certiorari was denied, and a median 250 days where certiorari was granted and the issues were decided on the merits.
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-18 15:55:38 Reply Private Reply
#7: BTP Holdings To: Ada (#0)
Wasn't Queens the middle class neighborhood of Archie Bunker?
Of course like Chicago, there are few middle class families any longer. And many of the wealthy have fled for other places (Florida) because of New York's choice to impose excessive taxes on them. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-18 16:01:50 Reply Private Reply
#8: NeoconsNailed To: BTP Holdings (#5)
Might as well confess that I despise Scorsese, Schrader, De Niro, and Shepherd ;)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-18 16:04:54 Reply Private Reply
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Pinguinite posted on 2021-03-18 16:46:08 Reply Private Reply
#10: BTP Holdings To: Pinguinite (#9)
John Wayne Gacy was the worst sexual predator known in modern times. He lived in Chicago's NW suburb of Norwood Park.
He buried 29 young men and boys under the crawl space of his house and threw his last four victims into nearby rivers.
www.history.com/this-day-...john-wayne-gacy-confesses
After his conviction, Gacy spent 14 years on Death Row, during which time he made paintings of clowns and other figures that sold for thousands of dollars. On May 10, 1994, having exhausted all his appeals, the 52-year-old Gacy, who the media dubbed the Killer Clown, was put to death by lethal injection at the Stateville Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois.
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-18 17:02:02 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-18 17:07:46 Reply Private Reply
#12: BTP Holdings To: NeoconsNailed (#11)
Interesting. I will check it out. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-18 17:18:39 Reply Private Reply
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Ada posted on 2021-03-18 18:05:09 Reply Private Reply
#14: Ada To: Pinguinite (#4)
The whoremasters? Isn't that a bit extreme?
Ada posted on 2021-03-18 18:09:30 Reply Private Reply
#15: Cynicom To: Ada (#13)
Moved out of there in 1960.
Jungle now.
Cynicom posted on 2021-03-18 18:19:46 Reply Private Reply
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Ada posted on 2021-03-18 19:05:49 Reply Private Reply
#17: BTP Holdings To: Cynicom (#15)
I bet it was just like All in The Family when you were there. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-18 19:55:56 Reply Private Reply
#18: BTP Holdings To: Ada (#14)
Myself and a buddy went into the whorehouse behind Rick O Shays in NW suburbs of Chicago. The girls were sitting around in negligees. One was named Mickey Mouse
They wanted $50 for a session. We didn't have $20 between us. So we said, "I guess we will just go back to Ricks for an other drink." ROTFLMAO
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-18 20:08:28 Reply Private Reply
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StraitGate posted on 2021-03-18 20:33:00 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-19 06:21:22 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-19 06:24:12 Reply Private Reply
#22: BTP Holdings To: NeoconsNailed (#20)
My sister in Chicago told me several years ago that the CHA tore down all of the high rises where blacks lived and moved them out to Section 8 housing in suburbs.
She said she knew a woman out there that was a police officer. She said, "Things are not the same as they used to be."
Many of those blacks are into petty theft and drugs. Where the drug users go, the dealers follow.
I heard they are also building million dollar homes on the lots where the high rises once stood.
Chicago will not have a middle class much longer since those blue collar jobs fled Chicago for suburbs when the City instituted the head tax on companies with over 50 employees. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-19 07:25:00 Reply Private Reply
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I heard that Chief Justice John Roberts adopted two young Irish children.
Apparently they think he is some kind of Royalty.
I wonder how he managed to pull that off since those Irish kids are supposedly only allowed to be adopted by Irish families. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-19 07:30:32 Reply Private Reply
#24: Dakmar To: BTP Holdings (#22)
Cabrini-Green was right downtown, very nice area (until they built Cabrini-Green, lol). That area has a chance at recovery. The State Street Corridor (Robert Taylor Homes and others), not so much. Smack in the middle of Ghettoville.
My family used to go to Chicago a lot when I was a kid in the 70's. I-90 was the quickest way to get to downtown from Indiana, but it ran right through the densest area along State Street. You could see that a lot of the buildings had broken windows (not likely that someone threw a rock and busted out windows on the 18th floor, so it had to be an inside job). There was also evidence of several fires, whole sections were charred. And graffiti everywhere, of course. I doubt if 1 in 500 tenants ever held a job. A dysgenic breeding program for Democrat votes.
Dakmar posted on 2021-03-19 08:01:13 Reply Private Reply
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When we lived on northwest side of Chicago, there people lived next door on 2nd floor. The woman had twin girls. They were jumping on the bed. One of them fell thru the window and hit the sidewalk below. The mother was out there in her bare feet on the broken glass screaming.
The Fire Ambulance came and took the kid to hospital. The Xrays showed her skull looked like a cracked egg shell. :-/
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-19 08:42:46 Reply Private Reply
#26: Ada To: NeoconsNailed (#20)
The wealthy areas of Queens like Malba/Whitestone and Neponsit/Belle Harbar are majority white but also have a large Jewish population. Contrary to what they claim, they are counted as white.
Ada posted on 2021-03-19 09:31:32 Reply Private Reply
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When we made deliveries for the florist on north side, they would send deliveries for projects to the delivery service. Those guys were Mexicans. They carried knives and the black guys would not mess with them since a knife cut leaves a pink scar.
One time they forgot one and I had to take it. It was on 6th floor. I took the elevator up and stairs down and I left to a chorus of Rhinestone Cowboy.
I was the last cowboy in Chicago. I got my first Stetson hat at Morris Men's Shop at the Stockyard Inn before it was closed and torn down. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-19 10:01:00 Reply Private Reply
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Let's hope this revitalization sticks
detroit.curbed.com/maps/b...ents-in-detroit- transform
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Lod posted on 2021-03-19 10:29:28 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-19 10:51:53 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-03-19 11:01:14 Reply Private Reply
#33: BTP Holdings To: Dakmar (#24)
One black guy that a buddy of mine knew from being a guard at Cook County Jail, he was able to get a loan on a 4-flat on near west side.
Since most of the population of the jail was black, when the news hit in 1968 that MLK, Jr. was shot and and killed, they cancelled the leaves for all of the guards.
He lived on 2nd floor. When he opened the door to go to work, this black guy was standing on the landing below. He was ready to light a Molotov Cocktail.
The black guard said to him, "Whatchoo think you doing?"
The black guy said, "I'll show whitey. I'm gonna burn down this building."
The black Deputy pulled his pistol and killed that guy right where he was standing.
My friend asked, "How are you going to explain that?"
The black Deputy said, "When they come along and pick him up, it's just another dead nigger."
The good blacks call the bad blacks niggers too. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2021-03-19 15:28:05 Reply Private Reply