Kendall massage parlor busted. Police say workers offered customers more than they asked for.
The manager of a Kendall massage parlor and her partner were arrested Wednesday on racketeering, prostitution and money laundering charges after detectives working undercover — and without request — had their genitals “fondled” and were offered other sexual services in exchange for more money, according to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office
In a sting similar to the one in which New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged a year ago, law enforcement set up surveillance details behind the Good Massage. Officers watched as only men entered the business and as female employees entered the parlor in casual wear, then emerged in “revealing clothing,” police said.
Charged with racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, making money off prostitution, unlicensed massage, unlawful use of two-way communication, two counts of money laundering and seven counts of prostitution-related misdemeanors were Yaoling Lin, 52, and Clifford Oxios, also 52.
State records list Lin as the manager of the Good Massage, 7337 SW 107th Ave. It wasn’t immediately clear what title Oxios held. The joint operation was conducted by the state attorney’s office and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
“Having a business as an active brothel, operating in a local shopping center surrounded by merchants and families is a great serious concern for any resident of this community,” said Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
In a similar high-profile bust last year, Kraft was charged on Feb. 22 after visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter during a sweeping countywide sting of massage parlors in which hundreds of johns were caught soliciting sex for as a little as $79 an hour.
In the Kendall spa sting, police said they executed search warrants and used tracking devices and found $260,000 in cash and bank accounts. In total, police said, the business made at least $1.5 million in cash and credit card charges during its operation.
Police said surveillance cameras used for a week did not capture a single female customer enter or leaving the business.
Lin and Oxios remained jailed Wednesday. Bond for both of them was set at $45,000. It wasn’t immediately clear if either had legal representation.
“Criminal activity such as this case negatively affects our neighborhoods and business communities,” said Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Ramirez.
This story was originally published February 19, 2020 at 4:24 PM.
