Initial Thoughts on the Classy DC Escorts Indictment

A regular reader of my blogs alerted me to the Classy DC Escorts indictment a couple of days ago. I have no idea if they were “classy” or not, but that was the main agency name, and it operated out of Washington DC and in a list of states, including New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Maryland. The defendants are facing federal racketeering charges and various additional counts including:

Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

Conspiracy to Travel/Use Interstate Facilities in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises

Use and Carry a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence

Money Laundering

Forfeiture (of course)

Thanks to a Scribd and a helpful party, you can read the entire indictment here:

USA v. Akuiyibo et al.

My first thought is that some people believe they are immune from prosecution no matter what they do. These people have been under federal investigation since June of 2009, long after the DC Madam case and trial and Jeane Palfrey's subsequent suicide, though sometimes I have my doubts as to whether it was a suicide or not. That, of course, is another story for another day. This group felt they were immune though, a mistake made all too often by too many.

Of course there are unindicted co-conspirators (UCC) in the case, some known and some unknown to the grand jury that handed down the indictment. Though the indictment states that there was violence involved, it's hard to tell how true this is. It is possible that whoever carried the gun had been threatened or robbed in past, so I'll wait to make a judgment call on that.

What they did do is operate in multiple states, but then Washington DC is the District of Columbia (federal of course) so it has always been no man's land in my eyes no matter how much of a major hub it is.

According to what I read of the indictment, I do not believe that Classy DC Escorts accepted credit cards, or at least they are not indicted in relation to this. It looks like they did accept PayPal and Green Dot Money cards or rather had the escorts paying fees with Green Dot cards. Note to the nice guy elsewhere that insisted using Green Dot was okay: Told ya so (I know you remember!).

According to the escort business gossip tree, confidential informants and unindicted co-conspirators from the case have been seeking work in New Orleans and Washington DC area from other escort agencies over the last week. Let's imagine that they will be in other cities calling services for work soon, if not already. The gossip tree reveals that each has identities on TER, EROS and Big Doggie, but it seems that their targets are wide awake. They're apparently trying their very best to drag others into this fiasco. Word to the wise...

I know that the next question people will have for me relates to client lists. I have no answer yet and time will tell, but we can almost assume the worst. I will post more on the Classy DC Escorts indictment and case as information is released.

Read the article in the Washington Examiner for more information:

6 Face Racketeering charges in $4 million D.C. Prostitution Ring

Edit @11pm on January 31 to add: Totally stunned at the number of people seeking info on the Classy DC Escorts situation - more than with Miami Companions and High Class NY in past. Message received and I will look closer at this case and situation and post in a couple of days.

Edit to add on 19 March 2012 @5pm EST: I have added a few documents to my Updates page that is found here: Updates

One document in particular that is interesting is: Asuen Discovery Agreement Order

Check the Updates page weekly for additional documents.