Experts interviewed by DailyMail.com suspect the network of brothels operating in the Greater Boston and Washington D.C. areas was a honeypot to ensnare high-ranking US officials.
"The most valuable information in Washington and Boston are government secrets. If you open a prostitution business that caters to wealthy clients in those cities, you'll get a lot of people walking through the doors that have access to them," says former foreign spy.
Federal prosecutors accused three suspects of operating brothels in Massachusetts and Virginia with high-profile clients in the Washington, D.C. area soliciting their services.
Experts say a high-end sex ring busted by the Justice Department could now pose a threat to national security as buyers in their network included politicians, executives, military officers and government contractors with security clearances could pose a threat to national security.
A high-end prostitution ring that reportedly required buyers to provide their employer information and references, flew sex workers in from across the country and put them up in luxury apartments in Virginia was busted by the Department of Justice.