Multi-year, multi-agency, human trafficking investigation nets several indictments in Lorain County

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Two men are under indictment after a multi-year human trafficking and money laundering investigation tied to the King Me Spa in Eaton Township.

The Lorain County Sheriff says the case began back in 2024, but early undercover operations did not produce enough evidence for charges. In early 2026, the H.E.A.L. Human Trafficking Task Force received new tips about illegal activity at the spa and ran fresh undercover stings.

Investigators were focused on possible labor and sex trafficking of spa workers. On May 2, detectives watched a transit van and two men, later identified as Ivan Song of New York and Xuecheng Huang of Indiana, go in and out of the back of the business. A traffic stop that followed turned up a brick-sized package with more than $53,000 in cash, along with several people in the vehicle.

Deputies say Song admitted he was paid to drive people and cash for an organization, following texted pickup and drop-off addresses to New York City. Two other traffic stops this year allegedly found him doing the same thing.

On May 13, a search warrant at the King Me Spa uncovered more than 18-thousand dollars in cash, business ledgers, video surveillance equipment and a customer on site. Three women working inside were identified as labor trafficking victims, brought to the U.S. under false promises of a work-study program. They are now in the care of victim advocates.

Warrants were filed June 3, and Song was arrested June 16 during another traffic stop on the Ohio Turnpike.

Huang was taken into custody September 25 in South Bend, Indiana and later moved to the Lorain County Jail.

A grand jury has indicted both men on charges including trafficking in persons for commercial sex acts, racketeering, money laundering and possession of criminal tools.

Investigators are asking anyone who suspects human trafficking or illicit massage businesses to contact the H.E.A.L. Task Force at the number provided by the sheriff’s office.