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Backpage founder convicted of 1 count of money laundering, jury deadlocks on 84 other counts

Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press//November 17, 2023//[read_meter]

Backpage, mistrial, prostitution, sex ads

Former Backpage.com owner Michael Lacey is shown on Capitol Hill in Washington at a Senate committee on Jan. 10, 2017. Lacey was convicted on Nov. 16, 2023, on a single count of money laundering and acquitted on another. But the Arizona jury deadlocked on 84 other counts against him, leading the federal judge to declare a mistrial. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Backpage founder convicted of 1 count of money laundering, jury deadlocks on 84 other counts

Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press//November 17, 2023//[read_meter]

PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was convicted Thursday on a single count of money laundering and acquitted on another. But an Arizona...

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