Cops Nab Woman Allegedly Using Massage Parlors As Prostitution Fronts.
BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher
BROWARD COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — If your prostitutes are provided are by a woman who look like the woman in the photo above, the Broward Sheriff’s Office says you probably need to find a new prostitute provider. Wanxin Li, of Fort Lauderdale, is now facing multiple counts related to prostitution, including “deriving support from prostitution,” “money laundering over $100,000,” and “maintaining a place for prostitution.”
BSO provided BocaNewsNow.com with this official statement: “The Broward Sheriff’s Office Strategic Investigations Division (SID) arrested Wanxin Li, a Fort Lauderdale woman, for operating multiple massage parlors as prostitution fronts in two counties.
In March 2023, investigators with BSO’s SID unit received an anonymous tip that Li was running two active prostitution operations, one in Oakland Park in Broward County and the other in Stuart in Martin County. Using various investigative methods, detectives learned Li resided in a condominium at 2841 N.E. 33rd Court in Fort Lauderdale. Investigators also determined Li owned and operated a building, listed as a massage spa, at 1545 East Oakland Park Blvd. in Oakland Park and a storefront within a shopping plaza at 1690 N.W. Federal Highway in Stuart.
Investigative efforts led to evidence of illegal activities committed at the suspect’s Fort Lauderdale residence and the act of prostitution at both locations. A warrant for Li’s arrest and search warrants for the properties were obtained thereafter.
On Thursday, Sept. 7, BSO SID detectives arrested Li at her Fort Lauderdale residence. Investigators also executed a search warrant at her home and at the spa in Oakland Park. At the same time, Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) SWAT team, with assistance from other BSO SID investigators, executed a search warrant at Li’s business in Stuart.
According to detectives, the spa in Oakland Park was unoccupied; however, two females were found residing within the storefront in Stuart. MCSO arrested one of the females after identifying her as a suspect in another active prostitution investigation. Questions regarding that case should be directed to MCSO.
Li faces charges related to deriving support from prostitution, money laundering over $100,000, and maintaining a place for prostitution. Detectives say there is no evidence of human trafficking at this time.
Li remained in the Broward County Jail just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
