Sex trafficking ring alleged New York, Indiana men charged with trafficking women for sex at Lorain County massage parlor

Two out-of-state men have been indicted in Lorain County Common Pleas Court for their alleged roles in a sex-for-hire scheme involving trafficking women to massage parlors in at least two counties and illegal sex work at a Grafton spa. Ivan Song, 40, of New York City, and Xuecheng Huang, 39, of South Bend, Indiana, were indicted Friday on five felony charges each: One count of trafficking in persons for commercial sex acts, one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, also called racketeering, two counts of money laundering and one count of possession of criminal tools. They are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday before Judge Chris Cook. The charges are related in part to a weeklong series of raids around the state in May dubbed "Operation Spring Cleaning," during which authorities served search warrants on more than a dozen locations statewide. The Attorney General's Office said 122 people were arrested, 42 possible sex trafficking survivors rescued, and thousands of dollars in alleged proceeds of illegal sex work seized during Operation Spring Cleaning. One of the search warrants was for the King Me Spa massage parlor, also known as Asian King Me Spa, at 35111 Royalton Road in Eaton Township. The HEAL (Huron, Erie, Ashland and Lorain counties) Human Trafficking Task Force, run out of the Lorain County Sheriff's Office, searched King Me Spa on May 13. Agents rescued three possible sex trafficking survivors, who were referred to social services, and confiscated $18,622 in cash, according to the Attorney General's Office. Song and Huang's indictments allege that they were part of a conspiracy to recruit and lure women to engage in illegal sex work starting in late 2025 and continuing through this year. Song, Huang and others "would operate, support, transport materials, and/or transport persons to massage parlors throughout several states where the parlors would provide sexual acts for money," including at King Me Spa. On Dec. 23, 2025, Song and others were in a van stopped while driving in Lucas County, where Toledo is located. Inside the van were people allegedly being transported to work in massage parlors, along with $79,000 in cash, casino chips, casino player cards, ledgers full of financial transactions and fake IDs. Song and Huang were then stopped in a van in Lorain County on May 2, taking a person to a different massage parlor with $43,000 in cash, casino player cards, ledgers and false IDs. Then, for a third time in less than a year, Song and others were stopped while driving a van in Lorain County on June 16, transporting alleged sex workers to massage parlors. Another $50,000 in cash, more casino player cards, ledgers and fake IDs were confiscated, according to court records. The indictments seek to forfeit $190,622 in alleged proceeds from illegal activity as well as a 2023 Ford Transit van used by Song and Huang as material used to commit crimes. Contact Dave O'Brien at 440-329-7129 or dobrien@chroniclet.com.