One of the alleged “offers” on E4AKorea. (E4AKorea)
Cops broke up a Manhattan prostitution operation that brazenly catered to Johns with a fetish for Asian women, court documents revealed today.
Fort Greene resident William Thomas, 42, was arrested and charged with promoting prostitution when he met with an overcover cop, and hooked him up with working ladies at 238 E. 50th Street, according to a Manhattan DA criminal complaint.
The bust happened on Oct. 11.Thomas posted $10,000 bail and was released on Oct. 13.
The undercover cop allegedly connected with Thomas through his mirrored Web sites http://www.E4AKorea.com and http://www.E4ANYC.com.
E4AKorea was still up this morning, showing off topless and scantily clad women for “Your Midtown Korean experience.” E4ANYC was shut down.
Advertised rates started at $180 for 30 minutes and went up to $300 an hour.
Women were posed in French maid and school-girl outfits. Thomas’ sites also linked to the sex-for-sale critique site, The Erotic Review — known as TER in the sex biz.
Johns posted reviews for a provider named “Olivia,” and described a screening system meant to weed out undercover cops.
Access to Thomas’ stable apparently required TER membership, a status that’s either purchased or gained by posting multiple reviews.
One reviewer from August posted: “The screening is very strict; provide proof of being a reviewer, send them an email from an account that is not one of the freebies, and then they send you a number to call. The process took me a week, but it was worth it. Olivia met me at the door. She is a total sweetheart with nice smile and cute voice.”
The undercover officer kept in touch with Thomas by email and text and “became a member of the E4AKorea private men’s club,” prosecutors said.
Thomas’ services also included overseas travel, but this probe only targeted Manhattan operations, according to the Manhattan DA.
The cop “arranged with Thomas for a session with one of the women advertised in the websites,” according to the criminal complaint.
Thomas allegedly operated brothels on Maiden Lane, East 50th Street, West 36th Street and East 58th Street, prosecutors said.
The fake John and defendant allegedly met in the cop’s car on Sixth Avenue at 36th Street when the defendant directed him to East 50th Street — a unit where Thomas pays ConEd bills, prosecutors said.
That’s where the officer was “admitted by a Korean woman” — later identified as 28-year-old Jung Lee, who allegedly said they could have sex. But a condom was required.
Another suspect, 38-year-old Rei Spain, also met with the undercover cop, who allegedly made his fetish for Japanese women known.
He was allegedly told that the Japanese women available that day wouldn’t engage in intercourse — only erotic massage.
“[The undercover officer] asked for a Japanese girl, and [Spain] said the Japanese girls don’t do full service, only massage and `happy ending’ for $100 plus $40 tip,” the complaint said.
Lee was arrested and charged with prostitution and promoting prostitution.She’s still being held at Rikers Island, according to city jail records.
Spain was arrested for promoting prostitution and was released without bail, police said.
The bust came less than a month since Manhattan Soccer Mom Madam Anna Gristina, 45, copped a plea bargain following four months in jail. She pleaded to one count of promoting prostitution.