2 admit employing illegals at NY massage parlor
3/3/2009, 5:41 p.m. EST
The Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A couple from Queens admits hiring illegal immigrants to work at a western New York massage parlor.

Federal authorities in Buffalo say 46-year-old Ying Dong and her 49-year-old husband, Bing Lu, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Tuesday to harboring and concealing illegal aliens.

The Flushing couple face up to five years in prison when they are sentenced in June.

Prosecutors say the couple owned Eastern Spa in the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda and hired the women to perform services.

The spa was among a dozen facilities shut down in 2007 after authorities found they were being used for prostitution.


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