SANTA ANA — A Lake Forest woman who was pimping four women out of three brothels in three different cities was sentenced Tuesday, May 2, to five years and four months in state prison.

Nga Thuy Tran was found guilty by a jury March 30 on four felony counts of pimping and one felony count of pandering by procuring, The Orange County District Attorney’s office reported.

Tran, 47, operated three brothels disguised as massage parlors between August 2011 and September 2014 in Irvine, Lake Forest and Stanton. One location was a home apartment and two were rented out business spaces, the DA’s office reported.

Tran posted advertisements on websites known for prostitution and communicated with customers to arrange “massages” for each victim to perform, authorities said.

The four victims’ identities are being withheld, but their ages range from 19 to 42 years old.

Tran was originally arrested Sept. 2, 2014 by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at the Lake Forest location.