2 review sites seized in major bust

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by chanceforester

We are like the proverbial frog in the pot of cold water that is slowly heated up....Cooked before we know what happened.

SVPD Press Release March 15, 2016

On March 4, 2016, members of the Simi Valley Police Department’s Special Operations Unit in conjunction with the District Attorney's Office and local agencies conducted a reverse prostitution sting. The undercover operation targeted men soliciting females for prostitution through social media websites.

During the operation a female officer working in an undercover capacity responded to solicitations to provide sex in exchange for payment. During the operation, 40 year old Michael _____________ of Newbury Park was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. He was booked into the Ventura County Jail.

The operation targeting the “Johns” is part of an effort to combat the sex trade in Simi Valley. Prostitution is linked to sex trafficking and other serious crimes. Our goal is to deter those who engage in this activity and cause them to think twice about doing so in Simi Valley.


https://nixle.com/alert/5606746/

[marsean]

Originally Posted by Libertine

SVPD Press Release March 15, 2016

On March 4, 2016, members of the Simi Valley Police Department’s Special Operations Unit in conjunction with the District Attorney's Office and local agencies conducted a reverse prostitution sting. The undercover operation targeted men soliciting females for prostitution through social media websites.

During the operation a female officer working in an undercover capacity responded to solicitations to provide sex in exchange for payment. During the operation, 40 year old Michael _____________ of Newbury Park was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. He was booked into the Ventura County Jail.

The operation targeting the “Johns” is part of an effort to combat the sex trade in Simi Valley. Prostitution is linked to sex trafficking and other serious crimes. Our goal is to deter those who engage in this activity and cause them to think twice about doing so in Simi Valley.


https://nixle.com/alert/5606746/

Wow, so they netted one suspect. How many man hours and operatives and over how long a span of time. So how much tax money have they spent on the project to net one suspect? That's all they can get for their effort? Wow, it sounds like things are really in bad shape in Simi Valley, a real hotbed of injustice. Some place 'hired' at least one operative. Maybe by the end of the month they might snag another? Real crime spree that is really doing a number on society, yah right?

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by marsean

Wow, so they netted one suspect. How many man hours and operatives and over how long a span of time. So how much tax money have they spent on the project to net one suspect? That's all they can get for their effort? Wow, it sounds like things are really in bad shape in Simi Valley, a real hotbed of injustice. Some place 'hired' at least one operative. Maybe by the end of the month they might snag another? Real crime spree that is really doing a number on society, yah right?

Maybe the guy was in a hurry and he drove right past one of the two dozen new signs installed all over town on his way to the sting location to get busted by the undercover female detective but he never stopped read the sign?

[marsean]

Originally Posted by Libertine

Maybe the guy was in a hurry and he drove right past one of the two dozen new signs installed all over town on his way to the sting location to get busted by the undercover female detective but he never stopped read the sign?

How'd ya get that pic bro? BTW, where do ya sit when you attend those city council meetings you been telling me about? Any info about what location of the take down of the one suspect? Do you think that whole thing is real? Maybe it is still in operation. If he TOFTT he should pass on the word if he's on here, no? For sure it's publicized to scare the beejesus outta the local hobbyists and that serves there purpose....the sign is their celebration, no?

[un camacho]

I suspect AdultFax probably got busted a few months ago, because it suddenly disappeared from radar. But there was no news about it...
It's getting tougher every day to be a hobbyist...
I'm also concerned about SA as well, as it's been on the main media, and now everybody knows about it....

[Obsessive]

Originally Posted by Hugh G. Rexion

What exactly was the crime committed? A bunch of dudes getting together and talking about their exploits? Didnt you guys just do that a couple weeks ago?

The other thing was if your website is maintained on a server overseas how can they legally touch it?

I keep waiting for the hammer to come down on HX. I suppose its just a matter of time.

Domain registrars fold pretty quickly to LE and taking over the DNS records of a domain pretty much allows takeover of a site without touching the server - all the traffic can be routed to anything LE controls.

There are numerous ways to both connect owners of & take down a site.

- Any monetary transactions that are done through any US channels
- Domain registration
- Hosting / servers
- Unencrypted traffic in or out of a site that is used for site management
- Infiltration
- Wire taps based on criminal activity not related to sex - for example money laundering, drugs, trafficking, failure to pay taxes

Since mainly only US LE seems to dig into these things, the only ways for someone to run similar sites would be to ensure they do all of the following:

- Host offshore
- Buy a domain from a non-US registrar
- Pay for all hosting and communications with Bitcoin
- Self-host email & encrypt all emails
- Always use encryption
- Tunnel traffic to manage a site using a VPN passed through a secondary offshore host
- Never accept payment from a US-based service
- Keep all money offshore
- Don't get involved with the members of the site
- Don't get involved with approving or rejecting content on the site - just be a conduit
- Don't trust anyone
- Don't discuss business over the phone or SMS
- Auto-delete old messages after 1 week
- Be willing to lose all your money
- If there is any aspect of the venture which overlaps into US territory and is at all traceable for any monetary earnings then for god's sake pay all your taxes due

[Libertine]

Originally Posted by camp

I suspect AdultFax probably got busted a few months ago, because it suddenly disappeared from radar. But there was no news about it...
It's getting tougher every day to be a hobbyist...
I'm also concerned about SA as well, as it's been on the main media, and now everybody knows about it....

The League members www.TheReviewboard.net appeared in court.

38-year-old Sun Hee Choi was charged with six counts of promoting prostitution.

THIS ----------> Detectives collected the names of "thousands" of men who were clients of the prostitutes. All of their names will be released to the public, according to the sheriff's office. <--------- THIS


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http://komonews.com/news/local/accus...o-face-charges

[Hugh G. Rexion]

Originally Posted by Libertine

The League members www.TheReviewboard.net appeared in court.

38-year-old Sun Hee Choi was charged with six counts of promoting prostitution.

THIS ----------> Detectives collected the names of "thousands" of men who were clients of the prostitutes. All of their names will be released to the public, according to the sheriff's office. <--------- THIS


video ---->

http://komonews.com/news/local/accus...o-face-charges

Who gives a prostitute their real name? I have never given them more than a 1st name and I never pay in anything but cash. I'm sure they have a ton of cell phone records they could use but it doesnt prove anything.

[asiansam]

Originally Posted by Hugh G. Rexion

Who gives a prostitute their real name? I have never given them more than a 1st name and I never pay in anything but cash. I'm sure they have a ton of cell phone records they could use but it doesnt prove anything.

It doesn't have to prove anything. The implication is enough. How do you explain to the SO what your name or cell number is doing on their list? Probably should have used a burner phone, but hey, what's done is done. This is just another example of extra-judicial punishment meted out by LE to deter activity they can't easily stop legally, like sending letters to the addresses of registered motor vehicles that report the vehicle was spotted in a known prostitution area, etc. Just scare tactics.

[Hugh G. Rexion]

no one ever contacted me about the Ashley Madison hack. My email was on there.