Six men, including the former manager of a Federal Way golf supply store, were charged last month in connection with a sex-soliciting group that was raided by law enforcement earlier this year.

Warren Watanabe, who managed Pacific Discount Golf in Federal Way until 2009, was charged on April 28. Charges were also filed that day against Sumit Virmani, the director of worldwide health for Microsoft, as well as Boeing engineer Benjamin Yu, Bellevue dentist John Lui, former Amazon software development director Vivek Asthana, and Mark Enfield, the owner of an Eastside company specializing in technology for public safety, government and military organization.

The men were charged in King County Superior Court with multiple counts of promoting prostitution. Charging documents allege that the men were members of “The League,” an exclusive organization for “hobbyists” of Asian prostitutes in which members would review sex workers, help bring them to the Seattle area and help one another evade law enforcement detection.

Court documents report that Virmani was caught on his way to a “date” with a sex worker on January 6 but was not arrested at the time. He was reportedly nervous and concerned that law enforcement would contact his employer, Microsoft, and he later sent the members of The League an email warning them about police activity and asking for advice.

“Please stay away from the hobby in Bellevue right now,” Virmani allegedly wrote in an email entitled “Red Alert.”

The League, a second sex review website, and multiple brothels based in Bellevue were shut down by the Bellevue Police Department, the King County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI in January after a nine-month-long investigation. A dozen men and a woman were initially charged for their involvement and are awaiting trial.

Bail for each of The League defendants was set at $75,000.