All major cities have so called "Sting Operations", the only way to avoid them is not to break the law. "Escort Practices" are legal in most jurisdictions. They are abusing a term that is not covered in the law. If you're in a new city, you need to look the law(s) up (most are online) then comply with the law.
Their job is to get you to break the law and because of that small little wrinkle are easily detected. That only thing that you should be doing is providing your time for a fee. Anything else puts you at risk.
LEO and GVR mean nothing to me and I live in Las Vegas. Perhaps it'd be wise to not use abbreviations that people elsewhere wouldn't know.