More 'Johns' to be prosecuted

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Raleigh doctor was the first "john" to face prosecution in a Charlotte prostitution ring case. Now, we're learning more about whom prosecutors may be going after next.

Even though federal investigators had the ringleaders of the high-end escort service Hush Hush, they never slowed down; they continued to investigate the service and the men who used it.

A Raleigh cardiologist has signed a bill of information, which is an admission of guilt. He's the first john to pay.

Sources tell WCNC that those most likely to be charged are some of the 50 johns who were caught on tape during the month that investigators wiretapped the phones of Sallie Saxon's Hush Hush escort service.

Sources also indicate there is a high likelihood that those men who used corporate money for the services and expensed it could be targets. We've been told about one man in particular who paid with company checks and then had the gall to write it off his taxes as a legitimate business expense.

So those who cheated on their taxes could find themselves in trouble along with those who specifically requested a girl from another state, or men who went out of state with a girl. Those last two are direct violations of the Mann Act, a federal anti-prostitution law.

Sources say its likely others will be given a choice of being indicted or signing a bill of information just like the Raleigh doctor. As to how many will face that choice, no one outside of the U.S. Attorney’s Office has an answer.