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Company: Backpage
Penalty: $215,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: December 11, 2024
Offense Group: miscellaneous offenses
Primary Offense: sexual exploitation of minors
Mega-Scandal: Online Privacy
Violation Description: Backpage entered into a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that the internet forum included ads depicting sex work on children. Assets traceable to Backpage's profits, totaling $215 million, will be seized and forfeited to the United States government.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: California
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