Craigslist ads helped man recruit hookers

VANCOUVER – A 24-year-old man who promised large sums of money to women by posting ads on Craigslist faces multiple charges ranging from keeping a common bawdy house to living off the avails of prostitution.

Nilash Ashok Singh, 24,  of Burnaby, was arrested and charged by Vancouver Police following a five-month investigation by the vice squad.

“The investigation began in August 2009 after the VPD received a report from a woman who was allegedly procured into the sex trade by a man who was posting ads on Craigslist and promising women that they could earn a substantial amount of money for providing sexual services,” said VPD spokesman Const. Lindsey Houghton.

 Singh faces the following charges:

•  Procuring or soliciting a person to have illicit sexual intercourse with another person –  two counts.
• Procuring a person to become a prostitute.
• Aiding, abetting or compelling a person to engage in prostitution.
• Living on the avails of prostitution.
• Keeping a Common Bawdy House -  two counts.
• Theft by person required to account. 

Singh has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Vancouver Provincial Court on February 4.

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