AIM Group | September 14, 2021 | Marketplaces
A federal court judge Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case of James Larkin, Michael Lacey and four other Backpage.com executives, ruling that government...
Peter M. Zollman | September 01, 2021 | Marketplaces
Trial begins in U.S. district court for Jim Larkin, Michael Lacey and three other defendants in the case of Backpage: Were the company's and individuals' actions...
Greg Spencer | June 22, 2020 | Marketplaces
CityXGuide.com, a classified site specializing in prostitution ads, has been seized and its owner charged in a 28-count federal indictment, the U.S. Attorney for...
Brian Blum | August 26, 2018 | Marketplaces
The rise and fall of Backpage — the online publication that became infamous for its thinly-veiled prostitution ads and more recently for the arrest of its...
AIM Group | August 20, 2018 | Marketplaces
A U.S. representative claims sex-trafficking ads have been reduced by 90 percent since the seizure and closing of Backpage.com and the signing of a new law...
AIM Group | August 19, 2018 | Marketplaces
Sentencing is scheduled Nov. 19 for Dan Hyer, former sales and marketing director of Backpage.com, who pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Phoenix, Arizona,...
AIM Group | June 01, 2018 | REPORTS
Has Craigslist peaked? Is it starting to fade? Traffic is down. Significantly. It’s tough to say whether that’s a permanent dip, or a temporary fall-off as a...
AIM Group | June 01, 2018 | REPORTS
We at the AIM Group have been reporting on the global landscape of classifieds and marketplaces for over 20 years, and our team of senior consultants and...
AIM Group | May 01, 2018 | Marketplaces
Seven people charged in connection with the Backpage.com advertising and money-laundering case have been scheduled for trial in January, 2020. Michael Lacey, one...
AIM Group | April 26, 2018 | REPORTS
Several follow-ups on our coverage of Backpage from last issue: Carl Ferrer, CEO and cofounder of the site, pleaded guilty to federal charges and agreed to shut...
Peter M. Zollman | April 13, 2018 | Marketplaces
The CEO and cofounder of Backpage.com pleaded guilty to conspiracy to facilitate prostitution and agreed to help the U.S. government shut the site down, the...
AIM Group | April 12, 2018 | REPORTS
The U.S. government seized local general classifieds site Backpage.com on Friday, following this up with an indictment charging seven Backpage employees with 93...
Peter M. Zollman | April 09, 2018 | Marketplaces
The U.S. Department of Justice today released a 61-page indictment including 93 criminal counts against two founders and five other employees of Backpage.com, the...
Peter M. Zollman | April 06, 2018 | Marketplaces
Updated with charges, Justice Department follow-up The U.S. government on Friday seized Backpage.com, a leading general-classified website that has been the...
AIM Group | January 19, 2017 | Marketplaces, REPORTS
Just as Craigslist did in September 2010, Backpage.com today eliminated its adult services ads, blaming “unconstitutional government censorship.” This article is...
Peter M. Zollman | January 10, 2017 | Marketplaces
Updated Jan. 10, 11 a.m. (EST), with quotes from and links to the committee report and the Backpage response Just as Craigslist did in September 2010, Backpage.com...
Peter M. Zollman | January 10, 2017 | Marketplaces
In a major victory for Backpage and all internet content sites that carry disputed content, the U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear an appeal from three...
Peter M. Zollman | December 24, 2016 | Marketplaces
We thought we were done with the “Backpage as pimps” story — because a judge ruled it was bogus — but sadly, not just yet. California Attorney General...
Peter M. Zollman | December 10, 2016 | Marketplaces
A California state court judge today [Friday] dismissed charges against the CEO of Backpage.com and two other men linked to the company, saying the state acted...
Peter M. Zollman | November 17, 2016 | Marketplaces
The ruling won’t be final until Dec. 9, but a judge in California today [Wednesday] said he plans to throw out pimping and other sex-related charges against Carl...
Peter M. Zollman | November 08, 2016 | Marketplaces
UPDATE: A California judge ruled tentatively on Nov. 16 that the charges against the three Backpage-related executives should be dismissed, although he...
Peter M. Zollman | October 20, 2016 | Marketplaces
In a blistering letter, statement and a legal motion for dismissal, attorneys representing Backpage.com on Wednesday accused California Attorney General Kamala D....
Peter M. Zollman | October 11, 2016 | Marketplaces
All three top executives of Backpage.com are being held without bond in a jail in Sacramento, California, on sex-crime charges. Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin,...
Peter M. Zollman | October 07, 2016 | Marketplaces
Carl Ferrer, the CEO of classified advertising site Backpage.com, was arrested on Thursday and charged with pimping of a minor and other charges. The California...
Brian Blum | September 13, 2016 | Marketplaces
The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to block a congressional subpoena that demands internal documents and testimony from classified ad site Backpage.com over how...
Peter M. Zollman | November 30, 2015 | Marketplaces
In a strongly worded opinion that accused Cook County (Illinois) Sheriff Thomas J. Dart of lying, and of intimidating Visa and MasterCard in a bid to put...
AIM Group | November 17, 2015 | Marketplaces
A federal appeals court today issued a temporary order requiring the Illinois sheriff who effectively shut down credit card processing for general-classified site...
AIM Group | July 29, 2015 | Marketplaces
The federal judge hearing the case against a Chicago-area sheriff who persuaded two major credit card companies not to do business with Backpage.com said he wants...
Peter M. Zollman | July 24, 2015 | Marketplaces
Noting that Backpage.com “is [in] jeopardy of disappearing” if its payment processing is cut off, a federal court judge in Chicago today granted a temporary...
Patrick Peterson | July 22, 2015 | Marketplaces
CHICAGO — The suit filed Tuesday by Backpage.com against Cook County Sheriff Th This article is locked. Please email info@aimgroup.com for more information....
