FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 18CM06901
Date: Aug. 3, 2018
MEDICAL DOCTOR ARRAIGNED FOR SECRETLY FILMING GUESTS IN HIS BATHROOM
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A medical doctor was arraigned today after being charged with disorderly conduct for secretly filming guests in the bathroom at his home.
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Defendant |
Charges |
Maximum Sentence |
Court Date |
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Duc Minh Vu, 33, Orange |
Charged on July 5, 2018, with the following misdemeanor counts:
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Six and a half years in county jail |
Pre-trial hearing
Sept. 10, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
Department C-60, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana |
Circumstances of the Case
- At the time of the crimes, Vu was a practicing physician employed at University of California, Irvine.
- Vu is accused of placing a camera disguised as a black USB outlet charger and a digital clock in the bathroom and secretly filming over a dozen guests and roommates with the concealed cameras.
- On Aug. 5, 2017, one of the victims discovered the two cameras.
- John Doe called the Orange Police Department (OPD), who investigated this case.
Prosecutor: Deputy District Attorney Stephanie Henderson, Central Justice Center