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2 Backpage execs found guilty on prostitution charges; another convicted of financial crime
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA federal jury found two former Backpage.com executives guilty of conspiring to use the website to...
Backpage manager says he's not certain 'every single' escort ad on site was for prostitution
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCorrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misspelled the last name of...
Prosecutors wrap up arguments against Backpage executives as trial nears end in Phoenix
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAfter five weeks, the trial of Backpage.com executives in Phoenix is nearly over. On Friday, federal...
Backpage trial moves closer; Michael Lacey, others reject plea deals
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDays removed from the death of his longtime newspaper partner and co-defendant, former Phoenix New...
'They were prostitution ads': Backpage founder testifies website was used to sell sex
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOne of the founders of Backpage.com took the stand in federal court in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday...
The Backpage trial: What to know as Michael Lacey and others face prostitution charges
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic· 8 months agoCorrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misstated the date when jury...
Backpage founder convicted of 1 count of money laundering. Arizona jury deadlocks on 84 other counts
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMichael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was convicted Thursday on a...
A website to promote prostitution, or fight it? Opening statements diverge at Backpage trial
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic· 8 months agoMichael Lacey, the former editor of the Phoenix tabloid New Times, was an old school newspaper man...
Federal prosecutors want to retry former Phoenix journalist on prostitution charges related to...
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFederal prosecutors intend to retry Michael Lacey, the former editor of Phoenix New Times, on...
James Larkin, New Times and Backpage executive who faced charges of aiding prostitution, dead at 74
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic· 9 months agoJames Larkin, who helped turn the Phoenix alternative weekly New Times into a chain that took over the venerated Village Voice in New York, died by suicide Monday, days before a federal trial ...