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November 17, 2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
GRAND JURY
INDICTS PAIR FOR
PIMPING,
PROSTITUTION, DRUGS AND GAMBLING
A Denver Grand Jury
has indicted a husband and wife accused of using prostitutes,
gambling, extortion and drug sales to make money for the last
several years.
Kim Nguyen
(DOB:11-23-56) is charged by indictment with racketeering by
violating Colorado’s Organized Crime Control Act (F2), eight
counts of drug possession and drug distribution (F3), pimping
(F3), conspiracy to commit pimping (F4), criminal extortion
(F4), engaging in professional gambling (M1), gambling premises
(M3), keeping a place of prostitution (M2) and pandering (M3).
Binh Nguyen
(DOB: 03-21-49) is charged by indictment with pimping (F3),
conspiracy to commit pimping (F4), criminal extortion (F4),
engaging in professional gambling (M1), gambling premises (M3),
keeping a place of prostitution (M2) and pandering (M3).
The grand jury
indictment was handed down on November 10, 2004 and was unsealed
on November 16, 2004. It alleges that Kim Nguyen conspired with
others to make money by pimping, pandering, prostitution,
gambling, extortion and selling drugs from at least May 2001
through September 2004. She was arrested September 19, 2004 in
connection with Denver’s largest-ever drug bust involving nearly
18,000 “Ecstasy” tablets.
Kim Nguyen has been
released from custody on $50,000 bond. Binh Nguyen has been
released from custody on $10,000 bond. Both appeared in Denver
District Court this morning for advisement and are scheduled to
back in court on November 29, 2004 at 8:30 a.m. in division 16
for their next appearance.
The presumptive
range for sentencing on a class 2 felony is 8 to 24 years in
prison, 4 to 12 years for a class 3 felony, and 2 to 6 years for
a class 4 felony. Misdemeanors are punishable by not more
than 18 months in the county jail.
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