WARREN — Another person who participated in the operation of prostitution houses at the Tiger Spa, 420 W. Market St., and the Sunny Spa, also on West Market Street, was sentenced Thursday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
Kum Cha Shugars, 77, of Dallas, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felonies of promoting prostitution and attempted money laundering and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
She was indicted on first-degree felony engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and fourth-degree promoting prostitution, but the engaging charge, also known as a RICO violation, was dismissed as part of her plea agreement.
Her sentence was similar to the plea agreements that seven co-defendants received in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in February, though none of the earlier defendants got prison time.
Assistant Ohio Attorney General Linda Powers said Thursday Shugars managed one of the spas and was at the front desk when an undercover officer asked for one of the masseuses.
Shugars accepted money from the officer. Shugars also admitted to being under probation for the same offenses in Dallas. Prosecutors said she was sentenced for 28 months in prison in Texas. Shugars also forfeited interest in bank accounts connected to the business. Rice said a prison term was necessary because she was involved in the sexual exploitation of individuals working at the spa, and also because she repeated the same violations in Texas while this case was pending.
On May 1, 2025, then-Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that eight women ran a human trafficking ring at the two businesses that “forced women into prostitution at illicit massage parlors.” Six of the eight women and a man pleaded guilty in February to charges such as promoting prostitution, attempted promoting prostitution, obstructing justice, money laundering and possessing criminal tools.
The AG announcement stated that the two businesses were “illegal fronts for sex trafficking and money laundering” that “allegedly trapped Korean women at the establishments for three months at a time, forcing them to live on the premises 24/7 and perform sex acts for money.”
The investigation was carried out by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, which served search warrants in March 2023 as part of “Operation Saving Daylight.”
Six of the seven people who pleaded guilty to the offenses in February were sentenced in March to three years of probation and fines totaling $166,000.
Judge Ronald Rice made all of the defendants aware in February and March that if they failed to pay the fines they could spend years in prison.
Though most of the charges filed in the investigation relate to the management and operation of the illicit massage parlors, Assistant Ohio Attorney General Dan Kasaris, who prosecuted the cases, identified two of the defendants who were sentenced at that time as “workers,” meaning “survivors” at least part of the time they were involved with the businesses.
The one man who was sentenced in February and March was Charles McGill, 69, of East Avenue in Warren, who pleaded guilty to attempted compelling prostitution, two counts of attempted money laundering, three counts of promoting prostitution and two counts of obstruction of justice.
Kasaris said McGill transported women to and from the Sunny Spa and bought food and other supplies to feed the women who were living at the spa and performing sex acts.
McGill’s attorney, Gary Rich, referred to McGill as a “gopher,” but Rice interjected that he was a “gopher in an extensive criminal enterprise.”
Rice asked McGill to “tell me what you did as to why you are looking at prison for many, many years.” It appeared that McGill was looking at the possibility of about nine years in prison if he violated the terms of his probation.
McGill said, “I went to the grocery store and the airport, picked people up now and then.”
Rice responded, “You’re going to stand there and tell me you didn’t know” what type of business he was involved with?
“I know it, but if you don’t see nothing, you don’t know nothing,” McGill said.
Rice asked if McGill knew the businesses were dealing in prostitution, and McGill agreed that he did.
Another defendant was Young Hee Yoon, 58, of Warren, who pleaded guilty to four counts of promoting prostitution, one count of possessing criminal tools and four counts of attempted money laundering. Kasaris said she was an owner and manager of the Sunny Spa, “where prostitution occurred.”
It appeared that she could spend up to about 12 years in prison if she failed to abide by the terms of her probation, such as paying her fines. Like the others, she and the judge agreed on a monthly amount of money that she would pay toward her fines. In her case, she said she could pay $2,000 per month until her fine of $27,500 is paid.
Rice said he had “struggled with what would be the appropriate punishment” for the many defendants. He said he could send them to prison, but “that just puts a burden on the state and all of us taxpayers to feed and house you.”
He decided it would be “more appropriate to give a maximum fine,” saying, “Hopefully that sends you a message and anyone else you are in business with to stay out of Trumbull County.”
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