2 to face charges in Texas for 'illicit massage

Shaoping Wen, 64, and Xu Wang, 41, are both accused of conspiracy to use interstate travel in aid of racketeering enterprises, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District.Two people who were arrested last week in New Mexico following an investigation into prostitution at multiple “massage parlors” will face criminal charges in Texas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District announced.

Shaoping Wen, 64, and Xu Wang, 41, are accused of conspiracy to use interstate travel in aid of racketeering enterprises, according to a Wednesday news release. They were arrested March 21 and will be transferred to Lubbock, the release stated. Each faces five years in prison.Between June and February, undercover officers were offered sex acts for money “on at least 10 occasions” at businesses that Wen operated, the federal prosecutor’s office said.

Investigators started watching a business that Wen allegedly operated in Wolfforth — just southwest of Lubbock — after multiple people reported concerns, according to the affidavit.One person “reported observing male customers arriving all day until midnight,” the affidavit stated. The same person “reported hearing a male grunting and a female screaming on at least one occasion.”

Investigators also found massage businesses that Wen operates on websites “known within the sex trafficking industry as a commonly used platform for advertising sexual services in exchange for money,” the affidavit stated. Wen and Wang are also accused of paying the cash bonds of women who were arrested for prostitution at the businesses.Authorities believe Wen laundered the money she made through her operation using the “cash-in, cash-out” method at a casino in California, the affidavit stated.

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