A former San Diego police detective and three others charged by federal prosecutors with operating massage parlors that offered commercial sex services pleaded guilty Tuesday.
Peter Griffin, 78, a former vice detective and attorney, owned and operated five businesses in California and Arizona with his co-defendants between 2013 and 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
According to a grand jury indictment returned against the defendants, the businesses were located in San Diego, Escondido, Chula Vista, Spring Valley and Tempe, Arizona.The indictment states that Griffin was a San Diego police officer from 1975 until 2002, including time in the San Diego Police Department's Vice Unit, which investigates crimes related to prostitution.
Along with Griffin, co-defendants Kyung Sook Hernandez, 58, Yu Hong Tan, 56, and Yoo Jin Ott, 46, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning in San Diego federal court. The co-defendants' plea agreements state that they took part in the ownership and management of Griffin's businesses.
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