(KLAS) Las Vegas police suspect an illegal brothel posing as a massage business was housing sex trafficking victims from across the country, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported Wednesday.
Lily A Reflexology is located on Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard, according to business license records.
Wei Geng, the business owner, faces three counts of pandering, three counts of living from the earnings of a prostitute and one charge of an act encouraging a brothel, records showed. Police previously arrested Geng on a charge of soliciting prostitution in 2019, however, there is no criminal case filed in Las Vegas Justice Court.
Police suspect Geng used a fake name to register the business. County records indicate the license was filed in 2011. It is now marked as revoked.
Detectives said their investigation into Wei began when a man complained to police that he went to get a massage but was propositioned for “full service,” which police said means sexual intercourse, for $150, documents said.
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Inside the illegal brothel, police said they found a room with four beds. Investigators suspect the room was sleeping quarters for women sex trafficked to work at the business, they wrote in documents.
