Backpage CEO arrested! Lives in Frisco!

Link? Originally Posted by Mojojo
Sorry, brah. Last time I posted a link, I got a buncha crap.

"Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent."

It was a TV station. But I don't think it was local.
Sorry, brah. Last time I posted a link, I got a buncha crap.

"Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent."

It was a TV station. But I don't think it was local. Originally Posted by Billogoods
^^^^^^^^^^

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Nope, he is not an innocent poor guy, backpage makes more than $2 million per month. Originally Posted by darkmoonmaster
I was being funny suga lol...it has to suck for the feds to be trying to shut down his million dollar site though.
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He has not plead guilty. He will fight. The charges are very loose and won't stick. BP has already beat all of these charges by the Feds. This is just two AG's running for re-election (Paxton) and Senate (CA) trying to boost their campaigns 30 days before election.

The site is still up and running. Money Laundering charges are hard to prove. Their contention is because BP works with law enforcement when they call, they know all content is illegal. This is an excerpt.

"Backpage acknowledges that pimps routinely pay Backpage for ads trafficking children for sex," Fichtner states. And how does he back up this outrageous claim? By stating that Backpage has cooperated with law-enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in sex trafficking investigations—which does not really sound like an "acknowledgment" of wrongdoing from Backpage at all. Still, Fichtner offers no further evidence to support either the claim that "pimps routinely pay Backpage for ads trafficking children for sex" or that Backpage acknowledges any such thing.

BS charges that won't stick but will be a pain. Craig's list has adult ads but just doesn't have an adult section anymore.

A 3 year old case brought right before election time, sounds kind of fishy.

https://reason.com/blog/2016/10/07/c...age-ceo-listed

A good article if you want a different side of the issue.