LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A lady faces fees after Metro police mentioned she supplied an undercover officer intercourse in alternate for cash at a Chinatown therapeutic massage enterprise, in accordance with paperwork.
Yaqiu Wu faces fees of partaking in prostitution and practising therapeutic massage with no license, paperwork mentioned. Wu’s delivery yr signifies she was 62 or 63 on the time of her arrest.
On Might 30, an undercover officer visited Fortunate 777 Spa on Sahara Avenue close to Decatur Boulevard and requested for a 30-minute therapeutic massage. Wu then took $60 from the person and walked him to a room, paperwork mentioned.
“[Wu] returned to the room with a mobile tablet that showed live feed monitors throughout the business, to include the front entrance door,” police mentioned. “These live feed monitors are frequently found in illicit massage establishments so the workers in these establishments can see when governing officials are approaching the business.”
Yaqui then began massaging the person’s internal thigh and requested him if he appreciated it, paperwork mentioned.
“‘You want?’” the report mentioned. “The [officer] smiled at [Wu]. [Wu] continued to massage the inner groin area of the [officer] and the [officer] stated to [Wu] that he wanted to [expletive] while thrusting his hips and arms back and forth.”
Wu then allegedly agreed to a $300 charge, police mentioned. Extra officers then entered the enterprise, taking Wu into custody. They added that she didn’t have a state license to apply therapeutic massage remedy.
Police additionally situated dwelling quarters within the enterprise, which they mentioned signifies it might be an unlawful brothel.
The 8 Information Now Investigators have coated circumstances involving unlawful brothers the place intercourse trafficking victims have instructed police they have been smuggled into the USA from China by Mexico.
Licensed brothels are authorized in smaller Nevada counties, however not Clark County, which is dwelling to Las Vegas.
As a part of the investigation, an undercover LVMPD VICE officer visited the enterprise, and an worker “solicited [him] for an illegal sex act,” paperwork mentioned.
A choose launched Wu with out ordering her to put up bond since prosecutors had but to file a charging doc in opposition to her. She was attributable to return to court docket in August.
Wu was beforehand cited on related fees in 2023, police mentioned.
