Seven indicted for allegedly running prostitution ring out of Denver massage parlors
Seven people in metro Denver used massage parlors to run a sophisticated prostitution operation that netted millions of dollars to finance illegal marijuana grows, according to an indictment released Thursday by the Denver District Attorney’s Office.
The seven individuals, indicted on 33 felony counts, are accused of “engaging in a pattern of racketeering in which the massage parlors were the nexus for running a complex pimping, prostitution, money laundering and tax evasion operation that generated millions of dollars,” the DA’s office said in a news release.
“We believe that the defendants were hiding in plain sight as they trafficked women from China to engage in sex acts with customers of their massage businesses,” Beth McCann, Denver’s District Attorney, said in a statement.
The alleged offenses took place across the metro area, including Denver, Douglas, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties, according to the indictment. The organization also had property and did business in Steamboat Springs as well as California, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
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