Mar
06
2010
Miami-Dade police raid massage parlors offering sexual favors
By Diana Moskovitz
The Miami Herald
About a dozen people were arrested Tuesday in a crackdown on massage parlors that allegedly offered sexual services in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
The investigation, dubbed Operation Fallen Angel, led Miami-Dade police to six massage parlors in Miami-Dade and one in South Broward.
Police said their owner and operator, Michael Angelini, 47, of Miami Beach, would apply for occupational licenses using his brother’s name. Then, a few “trusted girls’ would teach the new girls how to perform sexual acts with clients while making it look as though they were providing “body scrubs,’ police said.
Angelini made $30,000 to $40,000 a month, police said. He ran the parlors for about 12 years, police spokesman Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said.
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All seven massage parlors were shut down Tuesday. Miami-Dade police identified them as:
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Mar
03
2010
Miami-Dade police conducted a massive raid on massage parlors they claim were a hotbed of prostitution.
Called “Operation Fallen Angel,” the raid focused on seven parlors throughout Miami-Dade and Broward, all owned and run by Michael Angelini.
Angelini, 47, of Miami Beach, three managers, and six of his ladies were all busted in the operation that went down around 2 p.m. yesterday, and were charged with racketeering, money laundering and prostitution.
“The girls that were working inside the massage parlors were giving happy endings,” said Sgt. Nicole Donnelly, with the Miami-Dade Police Dept.
The services were called “body scrubs,” police said, and the operation, which had been running for over a decade brought in between $30,000 and $40,000 per month for Angelini.
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“All of his massage parlors were all set up to sell beauty supplies and throughout all the massage parlors, nothing was being sold,” Donnelly said. “It’s still against the law, it’s still prostitution.”
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Mar
03
2010
A group of South Florida massage parlors — whose owner reportedly collected tens of thousands of dollars a month — provided clients with more than just massages, Miami-Dade police said Tuesday.
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Mar
02
2010
About a dozen people were arrested Tuesday in a crackdown on massage parlors that allegedly offered sexual services in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
The investigation, dubbed Operation Fallen Angel, led Miami-Dade police to six massage parlors in Miami-Dade and one in South Broward.
Police said their owner and operator, Michael Angelini, 47, of Miami Beach, would apply for occupational licenses using his brother’s name. Then, a handful of “trusted girls” would teach the new girls how to perform sexual acts with clients while making it look as though they were providing “body scrubs,” police said.
Angelini made $30,000 to $40,000 a month, police alleged. He ran the parlors for about 12 years, police spokesman Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said.
On Tuesday, undercover officers went into the locations, Zabaleta said. Officers arranged with employees for sexual favors, and moments later the arrest teams moved in.
All seven massage parlors were shut down Tuesday.
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Mar
02
2010
Police bust massage parlors for alleged sex acts
DORAL, Fla. (WSVN) — Police have busted several Miami-Dade businesses after, investigators allege, the establishments were providing their clients with massages that included sexual activities.
Miami-Dade Police released video of the alleged busts Tuesday afternoon. On the footage, detectives can be seen bringing several women out of several non-descript businesses in handcuffs.
According to detectives, they received information that several massage parlors across Miami-Dade County were actually covers for brothels. Police said the women they arrested were recruiting and teaching others what to do.
Those arrested, which also included men, face a laundry list of charges, including prostitution.
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