People often hear about the desert in stories that relate the harsh living conditions of those areas. Then there were the Desert Divas. It was a prostitution ring in Arizona that became famous when police put the finger on them in 2008.

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Paul Nichta was the brains behind the Desert Divas. There were a number of websites that make up this ring. Some of them were Desert Divas, AZ Confidential, Hips Tour and Escorts in Action. The ring was widespread, reaching as far as New Mexico and Pennsylvania. The ring really had no official name, but because it was based in the desert city of Phoenix, the name Desert Divas from one of the web sites became the one most used by the media and police.

It holds many records. Desert Divas was part of the biggest prostitution investigation in the history of the state of Arizona. Charges were brought against more than 50 individuals. As a result of this sting, three homes, a motorcycle, and eight additional vehicles will be sold at auction. Speaking about money, most of the escorts in this ring earned between $2,000 and $15,000 a night. That larger amount was possible in the form of tips.

The Desert Divas girls weren’t the usual suspects when you think about prostitutes. The age range was 18 to 40 years old. It seemed women from all walks of life became in the activities of this business which included escort services, dating services, pornography and live web cameras via their various web sites. Some of the websites included pay-per-view live sex action.

It was September before three of the owners were indicted, including Paul. Some charges were filed in Arizona, while some were filed in New Mexico. Charges included racketeering, which is nothing more than the operation of an illegal business, in this case prostitution. A Lot of the women were initially attracted through ads placed in college newspapers. There was a kind of progressive education system that went on for the girls – 101 was web cams, 201 was pornography, and graduate courses were escorting.

There’s another Desert Diva out there. A woman from Arizona has begun a service touting herself as the Desert Diva Assistant, a virtual personal assistant that conducts a variety of business tasks. She was caught up in the prostitution situation when people confused her name and web site with the now famous case. She received crank e-mails and phone calls, including from some lawyers claiming she had stolen a cat.

Desert Divas

The world gets weirder and weirder. Desert Divas, the famous desert prostitution ring, proves it.