Seattle Strip Clubs: Strip club boss Colacurcio, son and others indicted – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Tuesday, June 30, 2009Last updated 1:08 p.m. PT
Strip club boss Colacurcio, son and others indicted
Northwest strip club mogul Frank Colacurcio Sr. and his son, Frank Jr., and four others have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering related to alleged prostitution inside their clubs.
The indictment follows a years-long investigation and raids last June by both police and federal agents on Colacurcio-owned clubs in Seattle, Pierce and King Counties, including Rick’s on Lake City Way, and Talents West, a Colacurcio-owned agency that hires strippers for the clubs. Rick’s is a frequent target of law enforcement vice investigations.
This investigation — which involved the use of undercover officers, confidential informants and unspecified surveillance techniques — focused on allegations that the clubs are veiled fronts for prostitution where the house takes a cut of the action.
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