Eight Massage Parlors Closed Down in Texas Amid Human Trafficking Allegations; One shared Building with Daycare
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has issued a six-month emergency closure order, effective May 19, 2025, for eight massage establishments across six Texas cities due to suspected human trafficking activities and numerous other violations.
A TDLR investigation uncovered a range of infractions at these locations, including employees living at some businesses, a lack of required client consultation documents, and illicit advertisements offering sexual services. Furthermore, several employees identified themselves with out-of-state identification, admitted to being at the establishments for temporary work, and confessed to providing massage services without a proper Texas massage therapist license.
TDLR Investigators determined that all eight massage establishments are owned by three individuals—Ruiying Lian, Hongcui Hao, and Tianli Wang—who are connected through business entities Tongfuxin LLC and Tongfu LLC. These individuals and their business entities have been ordered to halt operations at the establishments and are prohibited from operating different massage establishments at these locations.
The establishments subject to the emergency closure order are:
- Sunny Massage, 2814 W. Wall St., Midland, Texas
- Julie’s Massage, 1106 Spell Ave., Cleburne, Texas
- Tongfuxin LLC d/b/a A Pattaya Massage, 725 Hill Country Dr., Kerrville, Texas
- Pattaya Foot Reflexology, 1359 W. University Blvd., Ste. C, Odessa, Texas
- Thai Massage, 2803 Andrews Hwy., Odessa, Texas
- Family Reflexology, 5807 S.W. 45th, Ste. 345, Amarillo, Texas
- Best Foot Spa, 7412 S. University Ave., Ste. 2, Lubbock, Texas
- Family Reflexology, 2605 Wolfin Ave, Amarillo, Texas
TDLR explicitly stated that it found activities consistent with human trafficking at each of the eight establishments.
In a notable incident in April 2025, during a joint inspection of Sunny Massage in Midland with the Midland Police Department and Midland City Code Enforcement Division, a customer admitted to authorities that he paid for sexual services from an employee. During the search, an employee of Sunny Massage reportedly attempted to enter an adjacent daycare center through a ceiling crawl space. Police later confirmed that this employee was not a licensed massage therapist and arrested her for prostitution. A review of police records also revealed that another employee at Sunny Massage was arrested for prostitution in 2022.
Additionally, at Family Reflexology on SW 45th Avenue in Amarillo, a woman filed a complaint in 2023 with TDLR alleging that a male massage therapist inappropriately touched her during a massage, in addition to other indicators of human trafficking.
Anyone who suspects human trafficking is occurring can contact the National Hotline for Human Trafficking at 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to BeFree (233733). If the situation is an emergency or you believe someone is in immediate danger, call 911 and alert the authorities.
You can also file a complaint on a TDLR-regulated business that you suspect may be participating in human trafficking.
