Backpage website founder gets 5 years for money laundering
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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A founder of a long-shuttered classifieds website has been sentenced following protracted litigation centered on the site's use to advertise prostitution. Michael Lacey, 76, was convicted by a jury in November on one count of international concealment money laundering and sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge in Phoenix to five years in prison and three years of supervised release. Advertisement Lacey was a founder of Backpage.com, a classified advertising website that
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