Pair arrested on charges of running brothels in Cupertino, San Jose – San Jose Mercury News
Pair arrested on charges of running brothels in Cupertino, San Jose – San Jose Mercury News
The bust last week of two alleged brothel operators accused of setting up shop in Cupertino and San Jose was the result of months of careful investigation, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department officials said today.Deputies arrested Man Hing Tam, 43, of San Francisco, and Ying Ting Lam, 43, of San Jose, on June 5 after a four-month investigation.
While brothels aren’t uncommon in Santa Clara County, investigating them can be difficult because owners tend to move their base of operation often, Sgt. Mike Paresa said.
“We often find out that they stay in a place for two months or so and then move,” he said.
In this case, deputies believe that Tam and Lam worked together running a brothel in two different locations around Cupertino – first on Via Paviso and then near the city’s border with San Jose on Buckingham Road.
But more importantly:
Paresa said about five women allegedly worked as prostitutes for Lam and Tam. Investigators do not believe that any of the women were forced into prostitution or were sex slaves.
This is another example of government interfering with Silicon Valley entrepreneurship! Haven’t they heard? This is Brothel 2.0!
What really disappoints me is that this took place in townhouses. I was sure that this was what was going on in this house:
(Thanks to Madhaus for the find.)
June 14th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Burbed you highlighted the wrong sentence from that article. The most important point was:
Don’t you get it? The reason Cupertino home prices keep going up is because the madames have to move their businesses every two months. They probably check the Murky news real estate section to see when the real estate transactions are printed, and presto, time to flip the house again. Yowza, that is some sweet commission action.
June 14th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
This is old but true news:
WTF! IDIOTS! DABBLING IN CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE MAKES YOU A MILLIONAIRE PERIOD! WHO WOULDN’T WANT WANT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
After the honeymoon, it was announced that Conger was seeking an annulment because Rockwell had misrepresented himself. The annulment was finalized on April 5. Rockwell claimed to be a millionaire real estate investor, but in fact he only dabbled in real estate as well as screenwriting and standup comedy. Rockwell’s past was also checkered by numerous restraining orders filed by former girlfriends and roommates. After the show aired, Conger made numerous public comments about how she was offended by Rockwell’s forcibly kissing her on stage, that they never consummated their marriage, and how the entire episode went against her morals.
June 14th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
“Aren’t uncommon”? AREN’T UNCOMMON???
I don’t know what that means, and am all atwitter. What is “uncommon,” in terms of incidence of brothels? One per 5,000 residents? One per 1,000? One per five?
June 14th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
The implication is so disturbing… “Oh yeah, that’s just a brothel next door. Not uncommon.”
June 15th, 2008 at 12:40 am
don’t know what that means, and am all atwitter. What is “uncommon,” in terms of incidence of brothels? One per 5,000 residents? One per 1,000? One per five?
Renter4, you know HotPads revamped their site, adding heatmaps for things like the rent ratio? Well now they can add brothels per 1000 residents! Talk about a heat map!
June 15th, 2008 at 12:50 am
The implication is so disturbing… “Oh yeah, that’s just a brothel next door. Not uncommon.”
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Well, this is not just “next door”. As it was townhouse, someone might be sharing wall.
June 15th, 2008 at 12:58 am
I’d imagine Brothel 2.0 would be to Brothel what software is to hardware (or what social networks are to basic websites). That place got busted because it failed to adapt to the new sex paradigms. I bet they weren’t even founded by a VC.