Prostitution, human-trafficking investigation in Lafayette leads to 3 arrests

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Search warrants in a prostitution and human trafficking investigation in Lafayette resulted Wednesday in the arrest of two local massage parlor owners, Lafayette police said.

Officers served warrants early in the afternoon at Royal Massage, 405 Sagamore Parkway S. in Lafayette and the Kokomo Massage at 3841 S. Lafountain St. in Kokomo, Ind., police said.

The investigation at the two businesses indicated financial irregularities, police said.

Both businesses are collectively owned by Airu Wang, 37, of the 4200 block of Field Master Drive in Zionsville, Ind., and Deyang Yu, 39, of the 11100 block of Bradbury Drive in Carmel, Ind.

After officers from the Lafayette police special victims unit finished searching the massage parlors, they headed to Wang’s and Yu’s homes armed with more search warrants, police said. They also arrested the two at their homes.

Wang was booked into the Tippecanoe County Jail on suspicion of corrupt business influence and tax evasion, according to jail records. Yu was jailed on suspicion of failure to remit taxes held in trust and corrupt business influence.

While police searched the Royal Massage business, they arrested Aaron Corcoran, 40, of the 200 block of East Tippecanoe County Road 300 South in Lafayette. Officers jailed him on suspicion of visiting a common nuisance.

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This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Owners arrested in Lafayette human-trafficking investigation