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ASU social work professor arrested on child sex trafficking charges
Shiyou Wu, an associate professor in ASU's School of Social Work, was arrested April 18, 2025, when he showed up to meet someone he believed was a teenager. Police say an undercover Chandler officer posing as a teen contacted him on a dating app and that he sent a sexual photo. He faces charges of child sex trafficking and aggravated luring of a minor for sexual exploitation, with bond set at $100,000.
No actual child or ASU student was involved; the "teen" was an undercover officer using age-altered photos.
ASU's side / contextASU placed Wu on administrative leave and barred him from campus and university activities, and said it could not comment further on an active personnel matter. The charges are allegations; he has not been convicted.
