Man accused of running multistate escort service facing federal charges in Lexington

[TexasTowelie]

A Lexington man accused of running a multi-state prostitution business long enough that he had to update his advertisements from the phone book to Twitter was indicted last week on federal charges.

Michael Comberger is accused of owning and operating Fantasy’s Escort Services and enticing or coercing people to cross state lines to engage in prostitution since 1998, according to court records.

He’s charged with engaging in a conspiracy, four counts of transporting a person across state lines for prostitution, and five counts of coercing or enticing a person across state lines to engage in prostitution, according to his indictment.

Investigators intercepted text messages and calls between Comberger, the women he employed and the people who paid to have sex with the women, according to court records. During calls before each appointment, Comberger would coach the women through a script that lined out the rate for that appointment ($340 for an hour, $640 for two hours and $1,800 for an overnight appointment) and at least once scolded one of the women for being too informal on the phone, according to an affidavit written by an FBI agent investigating the case.

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