MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – An accused madam was arrested on a warrant Wednesday, more than a year after an investigation into her Dolls Beauty Supply business, which detectives said was actually a brothel.
According to the warrant, detectives began investigating Margarita Chiriboga, 48, in September 2015 after receiving an anonymous tip that her business at 12260 SW Eighth St. Suite 116 was actually being run as a brothel.
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An undercover detective visited the business on Sept. 22 and said that it appeared that the business was abandoned, with no signs on the door and blacked out windows.
But once inside, the detective said there was a small waiting room with two couches and a small display of massage lotions.
Police said a Latin woman came to the front and the officer asked to buy beauty products, but was turned away and given the number of the owner, Chiriboga, whom her employees knew as "Sofia."
According to the warrant, the officer contacted Chiriboga on Sept. 25 and tried to make an appointment, but the call dropped. He then received a text from the same number that said, "10665 SW 190th St. Suite 3206."
The detective called the woman again and requested the location on Southwest 122nd Avenue and Eighth Street.
He received a text immediately afterward confirming the location, the warrant said.
Police said the detective was charged $120 for a massage and agreed to pay $150 for a massage and hand job.
Police said the employee, Yesenia Taramona, removed her clothes, massaged his back for a few seconds and then moved toward his penis, at which time he gave the "take down" signal.
Detectives interviewed Taramona and another employee, Yaikibel Lopez Castro, who told detectives that they were told to charge $120 for customers to get in the door, $60 of which went to the house.
They said after the $120, a sexual act would be negotiated with the client for extra money.
Both employees identified Chiriboga in a photo as "Sofia."
An undercover detective also visited Chiriboga's business on Southwest 190th Street, which also had blacked out windows and no signs on the door.
Police said the detective pretended that she wanted a job and Chiriboga told her that she would make a lot of money in a short amount of time.
Chiriboga told the detective that each client would pay $120 for an hour, $60 of which went to her and any extra money she negotiated with them would be determined by how well she did her job, the warrant said.
During the meeting, Chiriboga stepped away to meet with a customer and the detective could hear "rhythmic slapping noises," a negotiation over an extra $30 or $50 and the man saying he was about to ejaculate, the warrant said.
When she came out Chiriboga told the detective, "See how quick that was," the warrant said.
Detectives said several of Chiriboga's phone numbers were used on multiple websites soliciting sexual favors.
Bank records for Chiriboga's Wells Fargo business checking account show that she deposited nearly $320,000 into the account over the span of two and a half years and wrote $5,000 checks to herself each month.
Police said the business was Chiriboga's only source of income.
She now faces multiple prostitution charges as well as charges of money laundering, unlawful use of a two-way communication device, practicing massage therapy without a license.
Chiriboga was also fined by the Department of Health each time an employee was arrested for unauthorized use of a business as a massage parlor and illegally operating a massage parlor without a certificate of use.