ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A prostitution ring that recruited young Asian women and sold them to casino high rollers was broken up yesterday with the arrests of seven people – six of them casino employees who allegedly drummed up business for the women.

The ring enlisted women from Malaysia and other Far East nations and put them to work in brothels and several Atlantic City casinos, charging $200 or more per session to gamblers who obtained their services through the casinos’ employees.

The women worked in brothels in New York and other cities during the week and were dispatched to Atlantic City on weekends, said Deputy U.S. Attorney Lee Solomon.

None of the approximately two dozen women were charged, nor were any customers.

The six busted employees work or worked at Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, Resorts Atlantic City, Bally’s Atlantic City and Showboat Casino-Hotel, according to New Jersey Casino Control Commission records.

The casinos were not involved in the ring and didn’t benefit from it, according to Solomon. He would not say whether casino officials knew about it.

Coung Chi Dinh, 44, identified by authorities as a brothel operator, was charged with 16 counts of conspiracy and racketeering.

A Malaysian citizen identified by authorities only as Robert, who allegedly recruited women there, faces similar charges but was not among those arrested.

The 24-count indictment also names four casino hosts and two men who ran Far East marketing departments in casinos.

“This is the largest organized-type situation we’ve seen where employees of the casino hotels have been involved,” said Thomas Auriemma, director of the state Division of Gaming Enforcement.

Regulators won’t pursue sanctions against the four casinos, he said.

“We do not have any evidence, nor does the federal government, that casinos knew or condoned it,” Auriemma said. Post Wire Services