A grand jury has indicted seven individuals and 12 business on 33 felony counts resulting from a year-long investigation known as “Bad Apple.”
According to the announcement from the district attorney’s office, At the core of the indictment is an alleged international human trafficking operation involving illicit massage parlors and illegal marijuana grow operations and violations of Colorado’s Organized Crime Control Act.
In early 2019, the Denver District Attorney’s Office was contacted by the Manager of Tax and Licensing with the City of Aurora and informed that illicit massage parlors that had been shut down in Aurora had possibly reopened in Denver.
Based on that report, the Denver Police Department and Denver District Attorney’s Office began a year-long investigation resulting in the indictment which involves:
- Denver Apple Spa
- Tulip Spa
- 21 Spa
- Mojo Massage
- Ocean Foot Massage
- Other entities
Individuals indicted are:
- Mr. Chen Liang Kuo, 45
- Ms. Yi Ting Mo, 42
- Mr. Manqui Xu, 57
- Mr. Le Zhang, 46
- Ms. Ying Guo, 49
- Ms. Xiong Xie, 54
- Ms. Xuelin Chen, 33
According to the indictment that was unsealed this morning, the defendants are accused of engaging in a pattern of racketeering in which the massage parlors were the nexus for running a complex pimping, prostitution, money laundering and tax evasion operation that generated millions of dollars.
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