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Mom and son used their real estate business as a front for their ‘pretty woman’ prostitution empire, cops say
Justin RohrlichTue, October 1, 2024 at 4:36 PM GMT+28 min read
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Margareta von Lambert and son Christopher Jelavic are facing felony charges for alleging running a prostitution business (Broward County Sheriff’s Office)
A Florida man and his mother jointly ran a sprawling prostitution ring for nearly a quarter-century, washing hundreds of thousands of dollars via various front companies and real estate purchases, according to police, who nabbed the pair as they allegedly prepared to flee the country.
“Based on… intelligence gathered, and evidence obtained from records, there is reason to believe that Margareta von Lambert is using her Florida Realtor’s License to facilitate the laundering of illicit proceeds for her son, Christopher Jelavic,” states a probable cause affidavit attached to an arrest warrant filed in Broward County Circuit Court.
Many of the escorts working for the mother-son team were registered as real estate agents and had valid real estate licenses, the 103-page affidavit contends.