LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A poker player is accused of laundering money from an alleged illegal brothel running out of a Las Vegas neighborhood, according to court documents.
Bing Du faces charges including pandering and money laundering, records said.
Earlier this year, Metro police responded to online advertisements involving suspected prostitution, officers said. Over the course of one conversation, an undercover officer was offered a massage and sex for $200.
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Police surveilled an address connected with the online advertisements, watching “men arriving to the residence and leaving after staying 30 minutes to an hour,” documents said. The exact address, which appeared to be a residential home in Spring Valley, was redacted in court documents.
Records with the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office indicate Du runs a business tied to a home near Desert Inn Road and Decatur Boulevard. The business is not licensed with the county, police said. It was not immediately clear how many residences are connected to the investigation.
Police later located Du, who they described as a “high-rated poker player,” playing poker in a tournament at a Strip casino. Financial records tied to Du showed her bank accounts “were primarily funded by cash deposits and peer-to-peer payments,” according to police.
Earlier this month, police searched a property connected to Du, finding “rooms [with] numbers on the door with multiple mattresses directly on the ground” and business cards with the line, “Asian beauties for discreet gentlemen,” documents said.
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Police also collected trash, which they said was connected to the investigation, finding “large amounts of used condoms” and “condom wrappers,” and other items suggesting the residence was “operating as an illegal brothel,” documents said.
In an interview with police, Du said her tenants “were providing prostitution services” at the home and that she was paid to “basically turn a blind eye on what the tenants were doing at the residence,” documents said.
Police suspect Du knew of the activity at the home and profited from the prostitution services, documents said.
Du was not required to post bond as prosecutors had yet to file a criminal complaint against her. She was scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 18. An attorney for Du was not listed.
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A second person faces similar charges for allegedly running the illegal brothel out of the home.
Licensed brothels are legal in parts of Nevada. State law prohibits counties with more than 700,000 people from having brothels. Clark County was home to about 2.4 million people as of the latest census.
8 News Now Investigator David Charns can be reached at dcharns@8newsnow.com.
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