Four people are charged with running a commercial sex business under the cover of a fitness center and spa up in Erie.
Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the arrest of Tina Silveus, owner of Totally You Fitness and Spa, as well as her children and son in law.
52 people are also charged with receiving sex services at the spa, which Sunday described as a highly-organized commercial sex-selling operation that recruited employees who were homeless or dealing with addiction.
“This proposed fitness center was actually a highly-organized commercial sex-selling operation with employees who were targeted due to their vulnerabilities and trained not to disclose the full nature of the business and their income,” Attorney General Sunday said. “The business owner and her associates recruited employees who were homeless or dealing with addictions. This despicable behavior has no place in the Commonwealth, and I commend the grand jurors, our Human Trafficking Section, and our law enforcement partners for shutting down this criminal enterprise.”