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Originally Posted by LazurusLong
For income tax evasion as far as I know, not for running an escort agency since running an agency is completely legit. Sex for cash is not but it is worse when you fail to declare the income and pay the tax on the money.
Most of what happens in agencies around the country seem to be focused on the lack of paying taxes and that carries over to many other vices.
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Sort of a hijack, but...
If you research most
prostitution arrests, they are focused on:
1. Streetwalkers: Usually minority woman (or men, in case of a sting), low hanging fruit. Associated with drugs, etc.
2. Studio type settings, including AMPs that have a fixed place of business, high traffic, and perhaps high visibility.
3. Super high end escort agencies that make law enforcement look good on the 10 PM news.
On the other hand, a lot of the enforcement actions involving prostitution use other methods to attack the issue without ever charging prostitution, since this is often easier to prove:
1. Department of Health actions against massage therapist or people advertising massage therapy/body rub, etc.
2. Zoning issues, both the simple adult entertainment establishment too close to a school type as well as building code enforcement.
3. Tax laws, as suggested above. Includes money laundering, etc.
Probably a few others, but the general idea is that under the umbrella of government action to limit prostitution activities, it is often easier to attack the issue indirectly rather than to actually prove up prostitution charges. Also, individual ladies and in case of some minorities, johns, may be hard to get before the courts, but attacking the infrastructure through indirect measures can drive the activities far enough underground to make elected officials look good (tough on crime) and Joe Q. Public can strut along feeling safe from these dangerous criminal elements.
As far as Provider 101, sounds good, but I think the instructors will find they have a big red
X painted on their backs.