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A former NYPD Vice Enforcement Division detective who ran a multimillion-dollar gambling and prostitution ring<\/a> was sentenced four to 12 years in prison Tuesday, after taking a plea deal to \u201csave his family,\u201d according to his defense lawyer. Ludwig Paz\u2019s wife, Arelis Peralta, and two daughters, Jarelis and Arisbel Guzman, were indicted along with the disgraced former cop, who used his police connections to protect his operations for years.<\/p>\n

\"Ludwig
Ludwig Paz faced sentencing in a Manhattan court room on Tuesday. The ex NYPD detective used his police connections in the vice squad to help protect his own family-run vice business. (Image: Ellis Kaplan\/NYP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In May, the 51-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted enterprise corruption and one count of promoting prostitution. Peralta pleaded guilty to two counts of enterprise corruption and was sentenced to 364 days in prison.<\/p>\n

Outside the courtroom on Tuesday, Defense lawyer Frank Kelly told the New York Post<\/em> that Paz had accept the deal in order to cut time from his wife\u2019s sentence.<\/p>\n

Paz\u2019s daughters were facing conditional charges for promoting prostitution after it was alleged that they helped out with the family business, but the charges were dropped as part of his plea deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe took responsibility. He got more time than we originally had worked out in order to save his wife and his two daughters,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cHe did it for his family. He did the right thing by his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beauty Salon Racket<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Previously, the court heard that Paz had run a numbers racket and seven brothels from beauty salons in and other locations in Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island. The prostitution ring pulled in more than $2 million in just over a year, which the couple splurged on vacations in South America and expensive cars.<\/p>\n

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Paz was assisted in running his business by seven active-duty police officers<\/a>, who acted as informers, tipping him off about potential raids and providing descriptions of undercover agents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paz paid Brooklyn South Vice Detective Samaniego, who is awaiting sentencing, $500 a week to serve as his \u201cprimary informant,\u201d according to court documents.<\/p>\n

The corrupt cops also received a discount at his brothels in return for protection.<\/p>\n

Undercover Surveillance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NYPD began an investigation into the operation in 2015 after suspicions were aroused that someone in the Vice Enforcement Division had connections to criminal operations. The case was slow-moving because of the need to prevent corrupt police from realizing their cover had been blown.<\/p>\n

As his fear of undercover surveillance grew, Paz insisted the brothel\u2019s clients strip naked and be fondled before they passed security, believing that an active police officer would never expose his genitals in the line of duty.<\/p>\n

His wife, who has served her sentence, was in court with the couple\u2019s 12-year-old son, who has learning difficulties. She wept as the sentence was read out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologize to the court, the DA\u2019s Office and the NYPD for my wrongful actions. I deeply regret them,\u201d Paz told the judge.\u00a0\u201cI want to apologize and say sorry and ask for forgiveness to my family for my actions and all the pain and suffering that I\u2019ve caused them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former NYPD Vice Enforcement Division detective who ran a multimillion-dollar gambling and prostitution ring was sentenced four to 12 years in prison Tuesday, after taking a plea deal to \u201csave his family,\u201d according to his defense lawyer. 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