LUBBOCK, Texas — Shaoping Wen and her son, Xu Wang, have been sentenced for their involvement in running massage parlors that served as fronts for commercial sex operations, according to Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
The pair was indicted in September 2024 by a federal grand jury for conspiracy and other offenses related to the operation of illicit massage parlors in Texas and New Mexico.
Wen, a 65-year-old, owned and operated at least seven massage parlors where Asian women engaged in illegal commercial sex, while her 42-year-old son, Wang, managed the parlors in her absence, according to court documents. Wen pled guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate travel and use of interstate facilities in aid of racketeering enterprises in November 2024 and was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk. She was also ordered to forfeit $291,990.88 and pay a money judgment of $1,771,360 to the United States…