By Dean Olsen. When federal agents raided Rainbow Massage Spa in , one of the two Asian females living and working at the Chatham establishment told investigators she didn't know the name of the community where the spa was located and was warned by the owner not to go outside because it wasn't safe.
Court documents said Guangxiang and Springfield resident Greg Fraase were "business partners" and that Fraase, Guangxiang, a Chinese woman named Jia Liu and possibly others were operating at least seven "houses of prostitution" that were "fronting as Asian massage parlors.
Guangxiang, a Chinese national who officials said was living in the United States legally, was being held at the Kankakee County Jail on May 2 after being charged with one count of conspiracy April 19 and arrested April 21 in Chicago, according to Daniel Noll, her court-appointed attorney.
The charge carries a potential penalty of up to five years in prison. Despite Noll's arguments to the contrary, McNaught ruled there was too much risk Guangxiang would flee prosecution to justify her release. Assistant U. Attorney Tanner Jacobs told McNaught that Guangxiang was arrested while "getting on a plane to leave the country" with a one-way plane ticket and several thousand dollars in cash. Noll said Guangxiang's visa, driver's license and other documents were seized when she was arrested, but Jacobs responded that Guangxiang could seek new travel identification through a Chinese consulate in the United States.
Though Guangxiang has relatives in China, Noll said Guangxiang's husband, who lives in the Tazewell County community of Mackinaw, could keep tabs on her. But Jacobs said Guangxiang, who participated in the May 1 hearing by video from the Kankakee County Jail with the aid of a Chinese interpreter, has "never lived with her husband. McNaught said Guangxiang has "multiple aliases.
