Indictment Levels New Charges Against Backpage.com OfficialsA new indictment in Arizona against operators of Backpage.com alleges the classified ad site gave free ads to prostitutes.
Backpage.com Founders Face 2020 Trial In Case Over Sex AdsA January 2020 trial has been set for the founders and five employees of the classified advertising site Backpage.com.
Hearing Set For Backpage.com Founders In Case Over Sex AdsA court hearing is scheduled for two founders of the classified advertising site Backpage.com in a case in which they are accused of knowingly running ads for sexual services.
Backpage.com Co-Founder Released From Jail On $1M BondA co-founder of the classified advertising site Backpage.com who has been jailed for the last 10 days on charges of facilitating prostitution was released on a $1 million bond Monday.
Hearing Set For Jailed Backpage Founder In Case Over Sex AdsA hearing is scheduled Monday to determine whether a founder of the advertising site Backpage.com should be released from jail while he awaits trial.
Backpage.com, CEO Plead Guilty In California, TexasThe Dallas-based website Backpage.com pleaded guilty to human trafficking in Texas.
Feds: Backpage.com Made $500M From Prostitution-Related AdsThe owners of the classified advertising site Backpage.com are now facing a federal indictment charging them with ignoring warnings to stop running advertisements promoting prostitution.
Feds Seize Backpage.com, WebsitesA notice that appeared Friday afternoon at Backpage.com says the websites are being seized as part of an enforcement action by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Internal Revenue Service.
8 North Texas Men Arrested For Roles In Sex-Trafficking OperationFederal authorities have arrested eight men in North Texas on charges they sold women, including at least three juveniles, to have sex with men who had responded to online advertising.
Brothers "Spud" And "Spank" Sentenced In Child Sex Trafficking ConspiracyTwo men, Audry Lane, a/k/a “Spud,” and Alvin Lane, a/k/a “Spank,” were sentenced this week for their roles in a child sex trafficking conspiracy.
Three Gang Members Sentenced For Child Sex Trafficking ConspiracyThree men with ties to the Polywood Crips street gang in Fort Worth were sentenced for their respective roles in a child sex trafficking conspiracy.
Backpage.com Sex Trafficker Caught In Dominican RepublicA 28-year-old man who fled the country after he was charged with using Backpage.com for sex trafficking of a teenage girl in Texas is behind bars.
California Pursues New Pimping Charges Against Backpage.comCalifornia's attorney general said Friday that she was pursuing new pimping charges against the operators of Backpage.com, a website that advertises escort services, just two weeks after a judge tossed an earlier case.
Dallas Man Sentenced For Promoting Prostitution At HotelsMecose Mendale Shorter, 32, was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for engaging in an enterprise that promoted prostitution at various hotels in Dallas.