Overview
- The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Special Crimes Unit led a yearlong investigation into an internet-based platform that coordinated commercial sex services.
- Detectives identified more than 30 residential and hotel brothel locations across California and over 60 female profiles tied to the operation.
- On Feb. 11–12, multi-agency teams executed search warrants in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, where multiple women were contacted and connected to victim services.
- Dong, 38, and Nie, 40, were arrested at their home on the 16000 block of Chariot Place in Hacienda Heights and booked on suspicion of pimping, pandering, and conspiracy with bail set at $200,000 each.
- Authorities say the total number of trafficked individuals and whether additional suspects or sub-dispatchers were involved remains under investigation, with the suspects in custody pending initial court appearances.