Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies have been running undercover operations at massage parlors that they suspect operate as brothels, records show.
In two days, MDSO deputies with the organized crime bureau arrested 12 women who are Chinese nationals, including five who listed Flushing, New York, as their permanent address, records show.
A deputy with the bureau’s vice and intelligence squad posed as a customer at the 10 businesses where there were arrests on Monday and Tuesday, according to the deputies’ arrest reports.
On Tuesday, deputies arrested seven women during undercover operations, from about 12:30 p.m. to about 10:20 p.m., at six massage parlors, records show.
Deputies identified the women as Quirong Xu, Hongli Ren, Zixuan Wang, Yan Xi, Mei Lin, Xiufen Lin, and Yaoying Lin.
Deputies reported arresting Xu, 67, and Ren, 62, at 9865 SW 184 St., in Palmetto Bay, and listed Xu’s permanent address as Flushing, records show.
Xu “advised of prices for sexual acts” and told the undercover deputy it would be “$70 for a hand job,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Deputies reported arresting Yaoying Lin, 58, at 7337 SW 107 Ave., in Kendall. Lin told the undercover deputy it would be “$60 for a hand job,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Deputies reported arresting Xiufen Lin, 51, at 10694 SW 24 St., in Westchester, and listed her permanent address as Flushing.
Xiufen Lin told the undercover deputy that “it would be $150 for sex,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Deputies reported arresting Mei Lin, 49, at 8410 West Flagler St., in Fontainebleau, and listed her permanent address as Flushing.
Mei Lin told the undercover deputy that “it would be $100 for a naked hand job,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Deputies reported arresting Xi, 48, at 17033 South Dixie Highway in Palmetto Bay. Xi told the undercover deputy it would be “$100 for a hand job,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Deputies reported arresting Wang, 46, at 7428 SW 117 Ave., in Kendall, and listed her permanent address as Flushing, records show. Wang told the undercover deputy it would be “$60 for a hand job,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
On Monday, deputies reported arresting Yuping Li, Junrong He, Xun Ou, Qingxiang Zhu, and Youdi Zhuge.
Deputies reported arresting Li, 60, at 10471 SW 40 St. in the Westwood Lakes neighborhood, and listed her permanent address as Flushing.
Deputies reported arresting Zhuge, 58, and He, 52, at 11760 SW 88 St. in Kendall.
Deputies reported arresting Zhu, 57, at 16938 South Dixie Highway in West Perrine.
Deputies reported arresting Ou, 36, at 7375 SW 24 St., in the Coral Terrace neighborhood.
THE CHARGES
County court records show Miami-Dade prosecutors filed 12 cases.
Quirong Xu faced a third-degree felony charge of operating a healthcare practice or profession without an active, valid license.
Hongli Ren and Yaoying Lin faced two misdemeanor charges: Engaging in prostitution and committing an unnatural and lascivious act.
Xun Ou faced three charges: Operating a healthcare practice or profession without an active, valid license, engaging in prostitution, and committing an unnatural and lascivious act.
Zixuan Wang, Yan Xi, Mei Lin, Xiufen Lin, Yuping Li, Junrong He, Qingxiang Zhu, and Youdi Zhuge each faced four charges: Operating a healthcare practice or profession without an active, valid license; practicing massage therapy without a license; engaging in prostitution; and committing an unnatural and lascivious act.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.
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