Authorities say a sprawling California brothel network that quietly operated out of more than 30 homes and hotel rooms across the state has been taken down, and two alleged ringleaders are now behind bars in Ventura County.
Detectives arrested Kebin Dong, 38, and Wei Nei, 40, after what they describe as a yearlong investigation into a commercial sex operation that stretched across multiple cities and counties. Both were booked into the Ventura County pretrial detention facility, each held on $200,000 bail on suspicion of pimping, pandering and conspiracy, according to investigators.
The probe focused on a network that, detectives say, arranged commercial-sex appointments at private residences and hotels and relied on more than 60 female profiles believed to be commercial sex workers. As part of the takedown, search warrants were served this week at several suspected brothels in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, KTLA reported…