Conn. Brothel Owner Gets Three Years In Prison

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Conn. Brothel Owner Gets Three Years In Prison

POSTED: 7:45 pm EDT June 6, 2005

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A woman convicted of running a multimillion-dollar prostitution business out of a private city club was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Monday.

Angela Moutsatsos, 49, the former owner of the Alpha Leisure & Health Club, was convicted in January of promoting prostitution and money laundering. She also admitted conspiring with others to smuggle thousands of dollars in cash into the United States from a Swiss bank account.

Federal prosecutors said the club, billed as a health club, operated as a house of prostitution, and from 1998 to 2003 grossed $5.3 million and had a customer list of more than 4,600 people.

Moutsatsos, the fourth person to be convicted in the case, was charged March 30, 2004, in a 38-count indictment and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Hartford to three of those counts.

As part of her plea bargain, she agreed to forfeit $346,104.

U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny also sentenced Moutsatsos to three years of probation and ordered her to pay a $10,000 fine.

[ctgx97]

Folks, does anybody know similar brothel like Alpha in Hartford area? I am having hard time to find one.

[Mangoat]

There will never be another one like Alpha.

Sorry, dude.

[amboyplayer]

Grossed 5 mil and she give up 300g's? Plus lawyers fees. And other expenses? Probly goin to hang in Martha Stewarts prison.
The human mind is capable of many things....

BTW, how was it?

[ctgx97]

this bitch deserve to be in prison for a long time and to loose everything. She made over $ 5000000 on people like you. There are could be your money too, you worked for your money very hard and this bitch just was taking your money away. 5000000 was not enough for her, she wanted more money.

[geosaln]

I do not get it, first you ask if there is another like The Alpha, then you slam them. I never had a bad time in there. All the staff including the owner was very nice and it was My choice whether or not to go there. If you had a bad experiance I am sure it was a once in lifetime thing. Just my 2 cents. I know I miss The Alpha Alot.

[ctgx97]

I just had a hard time with one owner, I don't know what was her name. She looked like 50 years old may be little younger.

[geosaln]

I did forget to mention, if your experiance was your first time there, they were very, very strict with their screening process. Then the provider you chose let them know if you were a keeper or not before you got your membership. So that might have been why and it was understandable. There was always alot of talk from the guys about being refused entrance and being told the they were not accepting new members.

[radiate76]

McDs and Walmart all do the same shit they take your hard earned money and make millions, so why get pissed about it, it happens with any business, you get involved with, now onto the news.


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August 20, 2005, 9:59 AM EDT

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Rocky Hill man avoided jail time this week for helping two women associated with a Hartford prostitution business smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars from Swiss bank accounts into the U.S.

U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny on Friday sentenced Reed Jaffe to two years of probation, four months of it under house arrest. He must also perform 100 hours of community service.

Jaffe pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to smuggle bulk cash into the United States.

Prosecutors said he worked with Gail Gaer and Angela Moutsatsos of the Alpha Health & Leisure Club in Hartford.

Prosecutors said the club, billed as a health club, operated as a house of prostitution, and from 1998 to 2003 grossed $5.3 million and had a customer list of more than 4,600 people.

Both Gaer and Moutsatsos have pleaded guilty to running the brothel.

According to court documents, Jaffe ferried cash for Gaer and Moutsatsos but had no involvement with the prostitution business.

Jaffe met Moutsatsos at a friend's home in fall 2000. The two became friends, and Moutsatsos told Jaffe that Gaer had more than $1 million in a Swiss bank account. She asked him to provide security when they went to retrieve it.

Jaffe agreed as long as the women paid for him and his wife to travel to Switzerland and gave him 20 percent of the amount retrieved, according to court documents.

The four flew to Geneva in March 2001. But when Gaer and Moutsatsos tried to withdraw cash, the bank would give them only $60,000. They were given checks for the rest, about $200,000, according to court documents.

Jaffe flew home with the checks, then returned them to the women. But they told him they were unable to deposit them and refused to give him his 20 percent until they could.

They decided to deposit the money in new Swiss bank accounts in Jaffe's name. Then they planned to fly back to Switzerland, withdraw the money and use it to buy high-end antiques that they could sell later, according to court documents.

They returned in May 2001, and Gaer withdrew $500,000 in cash on one trip to the bank and between $200,000 and $400,000 on another trip.

But instead of using the money to buy antiques, they divided the cash among several envelopes and used a private delivery service to mail it back to Connecticut, according to court documents.

The charge against Jaffe reflects the fact that neither Moutsatsos nor Gaer disclosed to U.S. Customs or the private delivery company that they were mailing large amounts of cash across international borders.

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Information from: Journal Inquirer, http://www.journalinquirer.com


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Man Gets Probation In Smuggling Case
August 21, 2005
Associated Press A Rocky Hill man won't go to jail for helping two women associated with a Hartford prostitution business smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars from Swiss bank accounts into the U.S.

U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny on Friday sentenced Reed Jaffe to two years of probation, four months of it under house arrest. He must also perform 100 hours of community service.

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Jaffe pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to smuggle bulk cash into the U.S.

Prosecutors said he worked with Gail Gaer and Angela Moutsatsos of the Alpha Health & Leisure Club in Hartford.

Prosecutors said the club, billed as a health club, operated as a house of prostitution.

Both Gaer and Moutsatsos have pleaded guilty to running the brothel.

According to court documents, Jaffe ferried cash for Gaer and Moutsatsos but had no involvement with the prostitution business.

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