18:38, June 22, 2012
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Associated Press reports that three people in southern California have been charged with running a prostitution ring that recruited women from Latvia and Russia to work in the sex trade in Los Angeles and Orange County, federal authorities said Tuesday.
Mher “Mike” Hakopyan, 38, and his wife, Natalya Muravyeva, 31, were arrested Monday by immigration agents and the Santa Monica Police Department. A third suspect, Alla Kassianova, 43, who is Hakopyan’s ex-wife, remained at large and may have left the country, said Virginia Kice, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman.
Hakopyan and Muravyeva appeared Monday in federal court in Santa Ana and were ordered held without bail.
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