- Bing Du, a low-stakes Las Vegas poker match participant, was arrested for allegedly operating a brothel from inside an area dwelling
- Du was arrested whereas enjoying in a match in a Strip on line casino
- Whereas prostitution is authorized in components of Nevada, it’s towards the regulation in Clark and Washoe counties
A Las Vegas lady identified for enjoying low-stakes match poker was arrested for allegedly operating a brothel in Las Vegas, the place all prostitution is prohibited underneath state regulation.
AI renders a photograph of condoms on a poker desk. (Picture: GROK)
Bing Du, 38, stands accused of pandering — the Nevada crime of recruiting, benefiting from, or facilitating prostitution — and money-laundering.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested Du on October 27 in the midst of a poker match at an unnamed Las Vegas Strip on line casino. She was launched with out bond from the Clark County Detention Heart after an preliminary court docket look the following day and is scheduled to return to court docket on November 18.
The accusations — detailed in court docket data identified and first reported by KLAS-TV/Las Vegas — stem from a police investigation that started earlier this month. Undercover officers responded to on-line adverts providing intercourse companies, and one was reportedly supplied a $200 encounter that included each a therapeutic massage and intercourse.
Surveillance of a redacted residential handle reportedly revealed a gentle stream of male guests, every staying for 30-60 minutes.
Monetary data reviewed by investigators revealed giant bank-account deposits funded by money and peer-to-peer app funds, in step with the laundering of illicit proceeds.
A search of a property linked to Du this month revealed rooms with numbered doorways, mattresses on the ground, and enterprise playing cards promoting “Asian beauties for discreet gents,” KLAS reported.
Trash pulls yielded giant portions of used condoms and wrappers — proof that police say confirms the house’s use as an unlawful brothel.
In an interview with authorities, Du reportedly admitted that her tenants had been participating in prostitution and that she was paid to “principally flip a blind eye.” Investigators allege she knowingly profited from the operation.
A second individual faces comparable prices for allegedly co-operating the brothel.
Though authorities describe her as a “high-rated poker participant,” public match data inform one other story. Based on the Hendon Mob database, Du has earned simply $3,771 in stay match winnings and ranks 179,790 out of 366K tracked gamers.
Whereas prostitution is authorized in some rural Nevada counties, state regulation NRS 244.345(8) prohibits the licensing of brothels in counties with greater than 700K residents. This successfully bans brothels in Clark County (which incorporates Las Vegas) and Washoe County (dwelling to Reno).
