Fadi Boulos Chaiban, (Lebanese, 53), and his partner, Tina Lorraine Saunders, 53, have been charged with operating a brothel in several high-end apartments, according to prosecutors.
The couple, who lived in a wealthy suburb of south Orange County in California, allegedly went online to recruit women for their prostitution ring, which ran from April 2015 to this past January in Irvine, authorities said.
Chaiban was charged Tuesday with 29 counts of pandering, three counts of pimping and two counts of conspiracy to commit pandering. If convicted, he faces up to 45 years and four months in prison, officials said.
Saunders is charged with conspiracy to commit pimping, conspiracy to commit pandering, and one count each of pimping and pandering. She faces up to six years in prison if convicted.
Chaiban and Saunders were arrested leaving their home on Tuesday. Chaiban had more than $469,000 in cash in a storage locker when he was arrested, officials said.
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