Sun Spa Business License Revoked After Second Prostitution Charge

is now the second massage business in Buffalo Grove to lose its license amid prostitution charges against employees.

Sun Spa's business license was officially revoked during a public hearing Thursday at presided over by Village President Jeff Braiman.

Two female employees over the last year have been charged with prostitution while working there.

The ruling was made after an hour long recess for private negotiations between the village attorney, prosecutor, president and Sun Spa owner Do T Kim and his attorney.

The agreement gives Sun Spa 90 days to continue taking clients while beginning to close up operations.  

That agreement will remain valid unless either of the employees charged step foot in the establishment or perform employment activities during that time period.  

If either were to occur, the doors of the business would be shuttered immediately by the village, Braiman said.

An additional stipulation of the agreement is that once the 90 days are up on Aug. 30, Kim will never again be allowed to obtain a business license, have a financial or other interest or management responsibility at a business located in Buffalo Grove.   

“We won’t tolerate criminal activities—we take these issues very seriously and act accordingly as we did here,” Braiman said.

were waged May 3 against 55-year-old Ok Nym Schuler of 10 W 166 Street, Whitestone, NY. The woman was arrested after a sting operation led by the . 

The case against Schuler has not yet been resolved in the Rolling Meadows courts, Chief Steve Balinski said.

“We are alerted to this type of criminal activity in a number of different ways; upset customers will report to us or concerned citizens will notice suspicious activity—we even find information online through various websites,” Balinski said.

occurred July 13, 2011 when Myeong H. Lim, of the 2600 block of South Cedar Glen Drive, Arlington Heights was charged.

She was convicted and received a one year discharge with a $365 fine, Balinski said.

Lim also was charged with prostitution in January of 2010 while working at , the first Buffalo Grove massage parlor whose license was revoked in September 2011, according to Balinski. 

The business shut its doors in October of 2011.

Braiman said after the first offense, the village worked closely with the Sun Spa.

“Village administration contacted the business last year and worked with them to remedy the situation, ensuring the employee charged was no longer working for the business,” Braiman said.

He added the business owner was given a fair chance, but after the second prostitution charge, it became evident action needed to be taken.

Sun Spa is now required to surrender its business license to the village no later than 5 p.m. Aug. 29. 

Penalties for failing to give up the license, or for violating other noted stipulations would cost Kim $500 per day per violation.

“Community safety issues are priority number one and we hold people accountable for this type of behavior,” Balinski said.