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Federal and local authorities on Thursday arrested two people for allegedly operating a string of massage parlors in Washington and California that included two in Lodi and one in Sacramento County that were fronts for prostitution.
According to a news release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement department, Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, both of Burien, Wash., face charges of conspiracy to transport individuals in furtherance of prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. They were indicted on Wednesday.
Investigators say they learned that since 2007, Nguyen and Tran recruited women from out-of-state to work as prostitutes and arranged for them to be moved among their businesses, which included three massage parlors in Washington and three in California. They also owned and operated a legal brothel in Nevada.

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From our “Well That’s Not Surprising” and “It’s About Time” departments comes word from our friends at KIRO News that two people have been busted on prostitution charges for running three “massage parlors,” including Bamboo Sauna, located at 14021 Ambaum Blvd. SW in Burien.

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Sacramento, Lodi ‘massage spa’ owners arrested in prostitution probe
SACRAMENTO, CA – One Sacramento and two Lodi massage parlors were being used as fronts in a three-state prostitution and money laundering enterprise, allege immigration and customs investigators.
The owners/operators of Healthy Living Nails and Spa, 3715 47th Avenue in Sacramento; Valley Spa, 321 North California Street, Lodi; and AAH Spa, 20 North Cherokee Lane, Lodi, were arrested on conspiracy to transport individuals for prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, said Lorie Dankers, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
Washington state residents Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, taken into custody Thursday. Court documents show the pair owns the three California businesses as well as three similar enterprises in Washington and a legal brothel in Nevada.

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Federal and local investigators descended on two Lodi massage businesses Thursday, searching them after two people were indicted on prostitution and money laundering charges.
Prosecutors allege that the businesses are fronts for prostitution and are part of a string of massage parlors stretching from Lodi to Washington. The owners, 48-year-old Tham Nguyen and 51-year-old Suong Tran, were arrested Thursday in their home town of Burien, Wash., said an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman based in Seattle.
The businesses searched were Aah Spa, 20 N. Cherokee Lane, and Valley Spa, 321 N. California St.
For more on this story, see Friday’s News-Sentinel and return to lodinews.com. Contact reporter Layla Bohm at layla@lodinews.com.

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3 Local Spas Fronts For Prostitution, Feds Say
Posted: 4:14 pm PDT April 22, 2010Updated: 4:30 pm PDT April 22, 2010
SEATTLE — Two people have been arrested, accused of operating three massage parlors in Western Washington that were fronts for prostitution, said a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Burien residents Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, were arrested Thursday. They face charges of conspiracy to transport individuals in furtherance of prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, ICE said.
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Documents also said they operated three similar businesses in California and a legal brothel in Nevada.
An investigation revealed that beginning in 2007, the defendants recruited women from out-of-state to work as prostitutes and arranged for the women to be moved among their businesses, generating substantial profits, ICE said.

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Cops: 2004 cold case Sacramento murder solved
SACRAMENTO, CA – A tip from a citizen and forensic evidence helped Sacramento homicide detectives make an arrest in a six-year-old murder.
Detectives arrested Ignacio Bulahan Friday for the May 19, 2004 stabbing death of Thyotis Jackson, 22, said Sgt. Norm Leong with the Sacramento Police Department.
Jackson was found facedown near Broadway and 1st Avenue just after 12:30 that May morning, said Leong. At the time, Leong said investigators believed Jackson was working as a male prostitute dressed as a woman when he was involved in a dispute with his assailant.
The case stalled until 2009 when a witness came forward with information that led detectives to identifying Bulahan as a suspect, Leong said. Evidence gathered at the murder scene further tied Bulahan to the crime, Leong said, and detectives arrested him on the 3500 block of 1st Avenue without incident Friday morning.

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SACRAMENTO — Nearly six years after a cross-dressing prostitute was found dead of multiple stab wounds near a lonely corner of 1
Avenue and Broadway, police arrested a 34-year-old man blocks away from where the crime occurred.

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Police: 1 Arrested In Slaying Of Apparent Prostitute
Victim Found In Sacramento With Throat CutPOSTED: 12:43 pm PDT April 16, 2010UPDATED: 3:26 pm PDT April 16, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. –
A suspect was arrested Friday in connection with the 2004 slaying of a man who appears to have been working as a prostitute, Sacramento police said.
Ignacio Bulahan, 34, is accused of killing Thyotis Jackson, police Sgt. Norm Leong said.
Leong said Bulahan was taken into custody without incident at his residence in the 3500 block of 1st Avenue.
At 12:37 a.m. on May 19, 2004, officers responded after 22-year-old Jackson was found lying face down near 1st Avenue and Broadway.
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During the initial investigation, detectives believed that Jackson was working as a male prostitute, dressed as a woman, when he got into a dispute with an unknown person.

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The Sacramento Bee’s Crime blog is a comprehensive report of crime news, trends and information for your community and beyond.
By Anna Tong
A man suspected of killing a male prostitute in 2004 near Broadway has been arrested.
Today’s arrest of Ignacio Bulahan (left), 34, of Sacramento follows a witness coming forward in 2009. Sacramento police arrested Bulahan at his home on the 3500 block of First Avenue.
Police found the body of Thyotis Jackson, 22, in May 2004. The man, dressed as a woman, had been working as a prostitute when he fought with an unidentified person before being stabbed, having his throat cut and being left face down near First Avenue and Broadway, police said.
After reopening the case, police used forensic evidence to identify Bulahan as their suspect. Though police say they believe he murdered Jackson, they don’t have a motive for the killing.

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Cops: 2004 cold case Sacramento murder solved
SACRAMENTO, CA – A tip from a citizen and forensic evidence helped Sacramento homicide detectives make an arrest in a six-year-old murder.
Detectives arrested Ignacio Bulahan Friday for the May 19, 2004 stabbing death of Thyotis Jackson, 22, said Sgt. Norm Leong with the Sacramento Police Department.
Jackson was found facedown near Broadway and 1st Avenue just after 12:30 that May morning, said Leong. At the time, Leong said investigators believed Jackson was working as a male prostitute dressed as a woman when he was involved in a dispute with his assailant.
The case stalled until 2009 when a witness came forward with information that led detectives to identifying Bulahan as a suspect, Leong said. Evidence gathered at the murder scene further tied Bulahan to the crime, Leong said, and detectives arrested him on the 3500 block of 1st Avenue without incident Friday morning.

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