INGLEWOOD, Calif. – At least six current or former police officers in Inglewood are under investigation for allegedly having sex with female employees of massage parlors and other adult businesses that have been the target of a high-profile law enforcement crackdown.
The internal affairs investigation by the Inglewood Police Department began after federal authorities launched an investigation of money laundering and prostitution involving women smuggled into Los Angeles from Asia.
That probe, which resulted in charges against more than two dozen people, led to allegations that Inglewood officers engaged in the sexual liaisons – sometimes in uniform – during work hours and off duty, according to several local and federal sources familiar with the case.
Evidence seized by federal agents and local investigators included “very detailed ledgers” that suggested Inglewood officers were receiving sexual favors at the businesses without paying, according to one source close to the investigation.
The ledgers, the source said, had the names of customers and the amounts they paid except when the customers were police officers. In those cases the women allegedly entered a symbol.
Word of the inquiry comes less than two months after the FBI confirmed that it was investigating two Inglewood police officers in the alleged rape of a woman they stopped on suspicion of prostitution. The woman’s attorney said this week that he has filed a claim against the city and is awaiting an answer from authorities on whether the two officers have been arrested or charged.
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