“You Should Come Work for Me” — Nikita Tyukalo, the Bellevue Party House Boss, Tried to Recruit Kirkland Cop During Traffic Stop
Cops caught Nikita Tyukalo driving without plates at least 13 times in the months prior to his June 4 arrest. He racked up $3k in speeding tix, but wasn’t cited for plates & kept his license
KIRKLAND — Nikita Tyukalo, the 21-year-old at the center of a major Eastside extortion and human trafficking case, once attempted to recruit a Kirkland police officer to work for his adult entertainment business during a routine traffic stop, according to police records obtained exclusively by J425.
According to a supplemental report, Kirkland Police Officer Namba said he was assisting another officer during a Feb. 16, 2025 traffic stop when the driver, Tyukalo, began questioning him about the law enforcement profession.
Tyukalo specifically inquired about the officer’s income and job satisfaction.
When Namba offered vague answers but noted that he loved his work, Tyukalo allegedly countered with an immediate job offer:
“You should come work for me.”
Tyukalo boasted to the officer that he had a McLaren supercar at home and claimed he made a lucrative living managing “OnlyFans models.”
Moments later, a female associate of Tyukalo arrived at the scene to deliver missing vehicle paperwork.
Tyukalo actively encouraged the officer to look the woman up on the adult subscription platform, handing Namba a business card and a username that the officer did not record in his final report.
Namba formally documented the bizarre encounter in a March 8 supplemental report after recognizing Tyukalo’s name as a primary target in a newly launched extortion investigation.
Because the interaction occurred while assisting another unit, the officer noted that no body camera or dash camera footage of the conversation exists.
While this interaction might have been Tyukalo’s strangest Eastside stop, it was far from his only one.
In fact, records show the Bothell High School alumnus spent the year leading up to his June 2026 arrest compiling a
