08:21 PM CDT on Monday, June 12, 2006

Associated Press

DALLAS - The owner of a Dallas karaoke club plead guilty Monday to federal forced labor charges.

Prosecutors said Sung Bum Chang of Coppell was accused of requiring Korean women to work at Club Wa after he paid their debts to be smuggled into the US.

Authorities said the women, who were in the US illegally, lived at his home.

Chang pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide or obtain forced labor and one count of forced labor.

He faces a maximum 25 years in prison, a $500,000 dollar fine and restitution.

His wife, Hyang Kyung Chang, pleaded guilty to one count of employing unauthorized aliens and aiding and abetting. She faces a maximum six months in prison and restitution and agreed to a $21,000 fine.

Sentencing is September 19.