Ventura & L.A. County Sheriff: Dismantle Commercial Sex Dispatch Center

 Two Hacienda Height residents were arrested in Hacienda Heights, CA after a year-long investigation led by detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Special Crimes Unit. The investigation into a large-scale commercial sex dispatch operation operating throughout California with participating law enforcement from Ventura & Los Angeles County were:

• Ventura County Human Trafficking Task Force
• Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
• Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Special Crimes Unit
• Ventura County District Attorney’s Office
• Ventura Police Department
• Thousand Oaks Police Department Directed Enforcement Unit
• Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Crime Analysis Unit
• Southern California High Tech Task Force

On February 12, 2026, Dong, Kebin (38) and Nie, Wei Hacienda (40) were taken into custody at their residence, at the 16000 block of Chariot Place in the City of Hacienda Heights, without incident. Both suspects were charged and booked into the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility for violations of the following California Penal Code sections, with bail set at $200,000 each:

• PC 266h – Pimping
• PC 266i – Pandering
• PC 182 – Conspiracy

During the investigation, detectives identified (S) Kebin Dong and (S) Wei Nie, both residents of Los Angeles County, as the owners and operators of an internet-based website that openly advertised commercial sex services. At one point, detectives identified more than 30 residential and hotel brothel locations operating throughout the State of California, including locations within Ventura County. Detectives also identified more than 60 female profiles on the website, believed to be commercial sex workers operating at the advertised brothel locations. Dong and Nie facilitated suspected commercial sex buyers in scheduling appointments at these locations.

On February 11 and 12, 2026, detectives with the assistance from multiple law-enforcement agencies, including the Ventura Police Department and the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, executed search warrants at several suspected brothel locations in both Ventura County and Los Angeles County. During the operation, multiple female victims of potential human trafficking were contacted and provided on-scene support and consultation by victim-service providers.

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