AZcentral.com is reporting that California sex industry mogul, David Elms was arrested in Phoenix, AZ in connection to a murder-for-hire case after following up on a tip from an informant tied to the Desert Divas prostitution investigation.

According to police, Elms, 37, could face charges of conspiracy to commit murder and additional felonies as he is accused of contracting a hit man to murder a 32-year-old woman.

Police also said that Elms allegedly ordered a 62-year-old man to be seriously injured as part of the contract.

“Obviously with a murder-for-hire case you have to get on it right away,” Phoenix Sgt. Andy Hill said.

A fellow sex industry leader described Elms as the “most influential man in the prostitution business in America” in a June story in the New York Times, which detailed his California-based business, The Erotic Review, as a sort of online order form for prostitutes.

Hill said police tracked Elms to an undisclosed location in Phoenix around midnight Sunday after receiving a tip from a suspect under investigation in the Desert Divas sex scandal.

The Desert Divas case, which is still under investigation, is described as the most far-reaching prostitution bust in Arizona history with links to operations in New Mexico and Pennsylvania.

This summer, Elms went to court in California after he was accused of violating his probation on a 2006 conviction for possession of a firearm and drugs by failing several drug tests.

In addition to the recent conspiracy charges, Phoenix police said Elms could face charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, conspiracy to possess narcotics for sale, conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons, and possession of drug paraphernalia.