WA Dept. of Health opens complaint against North Spokane massage parlor - KHQ Right Now

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Washington's Department of Health is "opening an unlicensed practice complaint" against Golden Year's Oil Spa and its owner, following a KHQ investigation that discovered the parlor did not have a massage license with the state.

"I saw your story on the KHQ website. We have no record of anyone under that name for any type of license," a DOH spokesperson wrote in an email. "We're opening an unlicensed practice complaint against Guihong Chen. The next step will be to evaluate whether the complaint warrants an investigation."

If an investigation occurs, Chen would most likely be issued a cease-and-desist order for practicing without a license. This would result in an order to pay a fine.

There is no timetable on how long the complaint will take, nor is there a guarantee an investigation ever occurs.

KHQ investigated a series of text messages offering sex from a phone number, which is the business number for Golden Years Oil Spa in North Spokane. The owner of the massage parlor, Guihong "Amy" Chen, said she bought the parlor in March. Business records obtained by KHQ confirm Chen took over the parlor in March 2020.

Chen and an associate, who called himself Andy, denied any sexual activity taking place at Golden Years Oil Spa (also known as Golden Years Massage).

"We walk straight. We don't care what anybody says: we just do massages. No sex," Andy said.

While our crews were at the parlor, both Andy and Chen called someone on the phone, who they referred to as "boss."

That "boss" is Kelan Johnson, a man at the center of a years-long investigation into multiple massage parlors he owned in the Spokane-area. Investigators with Homeland Security and the Washington State Patrol found evidence of sex trafficking and prostitution inside Johnson's parlors in 2018, according to court documents.

Chen claims Johnson sold her the parlor, which was previously named '3 Pier Oil Spa.' She showed us a document written in Mandarin Chinese and English, which indicates the sale occurred on March 16.

Kevin Kim KHQ Local News Reporter

Chen and Andy claim Johnson collects rent because they're under the impression he's the property owner. Johnson does not own the property, according to business and property records.

"You pay Johnson first, then Johnson pays the money to another guy again," Andy said.

When we talked to Johnson on the phone, he called Amy and Andy liars, using racial slurs to describe them. He also called the U.S.A. "garbage" and called the 2018 investigation a sham.


Here's a transcript of the conversastion:

Kelan Johnson: F*****g pigs in this country are the f*****g garbage epitome of the f*****g… Who the f*** else can go to another country, kill f*****g ten million people, and come home and pat themselves on the back? This is a garbage f*****g country. It’s garbage f*****g operated. The whole f*****g thing with this COVID is a big conspiracy. Now, why don’t you print all that?"

Kevin Kim: I could!

Kelan Johnson: So then, when they give me all my f*****g money and f*****g s*** back last week, what the f*** did they tell me? Let’s blame it on COVID. Had not a f*****g thing to do with COVID. Nothing. Your f*****g Homeland Security, your f*****g US Marshals are the f*****g crookedest, f*****g most corrupt, God **** organization in the world.

Kevin Kim: Jeez. Wait…

Kelan Johnson: United States f*****g government is the most crookedest, corrupt f*****g organization in the world. F*** them. That’s what I got to say about the whole works. I had five stores running, they f*****g forced me to close the God **** things, and then turn around to give me my s*** back and said ‘let’s blame it on COVID.’ Go f*** yourself. Go f*** yourself.

Kevin Kim: Hm.

Kelan Johnson: You know what we need? We need a civil war. We need a f*****g civil war to start and take down the whole f*****g political f*****g nightmare that this country is being f*****g run by. That’s what we need is a f*****g civil war.

Kevin Kim: Man… Kelan, I just want to…

Kelan Johnson: Have you been to Cabela’s lately? I was over there yesterday. There’s five boxes of shelves on the f*****g shelf. 100,000 boxes of shelves gone. You know when them mother f*****s squeeze the trigger, they’ve got a f*****g dirty fight on their hands. There’s a hell of a lot of people in this country got a hell of a lot of bullets now. Go f*** yourself.

Kevin Kim: Hm.

Kelan Johnson: And the news media twists s*** up. You Google my f*****g name and you put anything out there that the story in 2018, the last thing it said on that story was there was no arrests, no conviction. There still hasn’t been and there never f*****g will be. So, why was any of you c*********s ever allowed to f*****g produce anything or print it or f*****g advertise it or anything. You know? The news media is the most garbage f*****g people there is. You’re right alongside the f*****g political b***s*** in this country. You’re all f*****g corrupt. I don’t need to talk to you. Come and f*****g find you, then I’ll talk to you alright. F*** that."

*Johnson hangs up*

While Johnson stated the 2018 investigation into his former parlors was over, he was incorrect. A Washington State Patrolman stated the case is a "complex, multi-agency investigation and it's still underway."