Bail jumper who ran prostitution spas in Centereach, Middle Island arrested at JFK
Suffolk County prosecutors charged a Manhattan woman with bail jumping after they said she fled to China before she could be sentenced for running a Long Island massage parlor ring.
Jianxin You, 56, was arrested on a warrant March 3 at Kennedy Airport after returning on a flight from China, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney’s office.
She pleaded guilty in December 2021 to five felony charges, including enterprise corruption, conspiracy and three counts of money laundering through three massage parlors.
You and three co-defendants were charged with running prostitution at massage parlors in Centereach and Middle Island as part of a network that had been operating for up to 10 years, according to court records.
Police discovered the network in 2017, where You funneled the money through a shell company, known as New Green Aroma Spa, to pay for expenses and send large sums of money to individual bank accounts. The network also used the funds to buy property and exchange money for foreign currency, prosecutors said.
She was scheduled to be sentenced July 27, 2022, but she failed to appear in court and a judge issued a bench warrant for her arrest.
You is charged with fleeing the country on a flight from Los Angeles in November 2023.
She was arrested by Suffolk County police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers when she returned to Kennedy last week.
You’s attorney could not be reached for comment on Friday.
Under her initial plea deal, prosecutors had agreed to a sentence of 1 1/3 to 4 years. Following the warrant, she now faces a maximum sentence of 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison on the enterprise corruption charges and a mandatory consecutive sentence of up to 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison on the bail jumping charge.
Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Richard Ambro ordered You held on $1 million cash bail or $3 million bond while the case is pending.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
