From the PI.Com

Seattle strip club mogul Frank Colacurcio Sr. and his business partners will have to wait a until the fall before learning what witnesses the government plans to call in support of the racketeering charges against them, a federal judge has ruled.

Attorneys for the defendants had demanded that prosecutors release the identities of more than 300 witnesses interviewed in the federal racketeering case brought against Colacurcio, his son and four other men associated with the Talents West group of strip clubs.

Prosecutors say they have already turned over 120,000 pages of documentation regarding the investigation, now in its fourth year. Turning over the witnesses' names, prosecutors argue, would put Talents West employees at risk for harassment or intimidation.

The move follows on an earlier claim by the defense that the investigation has turned the FBI into "a vice squad". An attorney representing one defendant claimed that investigatory reports show one undercover officer involved in the effort spent at least $16,835 buying more than 130 lap dances without making a single arrest.