PHOENIX — The Latest on court hearing for co-founder of Backpage.com (all times local):<\/p>\n
5:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
A co-founder of the classified advertising site Backpage.com who has been jailed for the last 10 days on charges of facilitating prostitution has been released in Phoenix on a $1 million bond as he awaits trial.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Judge John Boyle ordered James Larkin to put up two properties as surety on the bond.<\/p>\n
Larkin also was ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device.<\/p>\n
Larkin, co-founder Michael Lacey and five Backpage.com employees were arrested in what authorities say was a scheme to publish prostitution ads.<\/p>\n
The site founders and four employees pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
Last week, authorities revealed Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in Arizona and money laundering charges in California.<\/p>\n
Lacey was released after posting a $1 million bond.<\/p>\n
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A hearing is scheduled Monday to determine whether a founder of the advertising site Backpage.com should be released from jail while he awaits trial on charges alleging that he published ads for sexual services.<\/p>\n
James Larkin has been jailed since his April 6 arrest on charges of facilitating prostitution and money laundering.<\/p>\n
Co-founder Michael Lacey and five Backpage.com employees also were arrested in the case.<\/p>\n
Larkin is the one of the seven who remains in jail.<\/p>\n
Lacey posted a $1 million bond Friday.<\/p>\n
The site founders and four employees pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n
Last week, authorities revealed Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in Arizona and money laundering charges in California.<\/p>\n
The company pleaded guilty to human trafficking in Texas and money laundering conspiracy in Arizona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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