YOUNGSTOWN — Bond was continued Tuesday for three women indicted recently on charges accusing them of operating illicit massage parlors in Beaver and Springfield townships. They remained free on bond after pleading not guilty to their charges in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

They are Aixin Cheng, 51, of Virginia; Jinzhi Gong, 50, of Illinois and Main Street in Poland; and Man Ryung Yeo, 54, of Whitestone, New York.

Each woman was arraigned before Magistrate Dennis Sarisky with each woman being represented by a different attorney. Also present by video was an interpreter, who translated for all of the parties.

Cheng is indicted on the most with 10 charges — felony engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, conspiracy, three counts of promoting prostitution, three counts of money laundering and single counts of possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor soliciting prostitution. If convicted on the felonies, she could get about 30 years in prison.

Yeo, 54, is indicted on six charges — engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, conspiracy, money laundering, two counts of misdemeanor soliciting prostitution and one count of possessing criminal tools. If convicted of the felonies, Yeo could get about 20 years in prison.

Gong is indicted on five charges — engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, promoting prostitution, possessing criminal tools, practicing medicine without a license and misdemeanor soliciting. If convicted of the felonies, Gong could get more than 10 years in prison.

The charges for all three women include lots of specifications of forfeiture of property seized during the investigation. The charges arose from a yearlong investigation carried out by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, according to a press release from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene.

The task force’s investigation connected the three defendants to massage parlors in Beaver and Springfield townships, where sexual services were offered in exchange for money, the news release states.