Backpage.com Chief Executive Carl Ferrer, along with two controlling shareholders, are facing fresh charges from California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who last week filed a lawsuit alleging the online media company engaged in pimping and laundering money. According to a report in Fortune, the move...
August 24, 2017
A judge has ruled that money laundering charges can be brought against the creators of a website that California prosecutors label an online brothel. The Associated Press reported that the ruling came months after another judge threw out the case as violating free speech and federal protections. Prosecutors filed new and expanded charges against Backpage.com […]
December 27, 2016
Backpage.com Chief Executive Carl Ferrer, along with two controlling shareholders, are facing fresh charges from California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who last week filed a lawsuit alleging the online media...