Backpage.com taken down and seized by federal law enforcement
Backpage.com was taken down and seized by federal law enforcement, according to a notice posted online.
The FBI also raided the residence of Michael Lacey, a co-founder of Backpage.
Tony Ortega was a longtime employee and confidant of James Larkin and Michael Lacey. Ortega was an employee of various New Times publications from 1995 until being promoted to Editor-in-Chief of the Village Voice in approximately March 2007, a position he held until September 2012.