Singaporean massage parlour boss added to US ‘worst of the worst criminal aliens list’
A Singaporean woman has been added to a US list of “the worst of the worst criminal aliens,” becoming the third citizen from the city state to appear on the register, after convicted sex offender Amos Yee and money launderer Lim Seok Pheng. Jing Emtage, 54, was sentenced in July last year to two years and two months in prison on seven counts of second-degree promoting prostitution across multiple…
Jing Emtage, a 54-year-old Singaporean woman, has been placed on the US Department of Homeland Security's "worst of the worst" list for her involvement in running a prostitution ring. Emtage, who was sentenced to 38 months in prison on July 25, 2025, for seven counts of second-degree promoting prostitution, was arrested in May 2023 along with her husband, Gerald Emtage, who received the same sentence.
The couple was initially arrested for a community member's complaint about a massage parlor, which led to the discovery of nine massage businesses involved in the operation, with over $600,000 in cash seized. The Emtages are accused of making significant profits from the commercial sexual exploitation of dozens of women, with no state records of wages paid to the women.
The couple's operation began in January 2018, following financial losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading them to offer illegal services.
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