# Dan Hyer

No alias recorded

Charged, Pleaded guilty, Sentenced

Public record reviewed to August 21, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Sales and Marketing Director.

A conviction or guilty plea is recorded in this entry.

- Publicly named in the Backpage prosecution; role: Sales and Marketing Director.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 3 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

**Associated takedowns:** [Backpage.com seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/backpage-com-seizure)

**Recorded role:** Sales and Marketing Director

**Group segment:** Core operator

**Charging authority:** United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona

**Charging jurisdiction:** Not recorded

**Case number:** CR-18-00422-PHX (BSB)

**Latest recorded action:** Sentenced, September 2025

**Nationality:** United States

**Country of residence:** United States

**Recorded sentence:** Time served; no supervised release.

- [Associated takedowns](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer/sources)

## Associated takedowns

Law enforcement actions against infrastructure and services linked to this person, and the action recorded against the person in each one.

Outcomes and dates follow the public reporting cited on the sources tab and are subject to revision.

3 recorded actions across 1 takedown

| Date | Takedown | Target | Connection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 5, 2018, [Source [1]](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer/sources#source-1) | [Backpage.com seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/backpage-com-seizure), Trafficking and exploitation | Backpage.com, backpage.com | Sales and Marketing Director | Charged. No further detail published |
| August 17, 2018, [Source [2]](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer/sources#source-2) | [Backpage.com seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/backpage-com-seizure), Trafficking and exploitation | Backpage.com, backpage.com | Sales and Marketing Director | Pleaded guilty. No further detail published |
| September 10, 2025, [Source [3]](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer/sources#source-3) | [Backpage.com seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/backpage-com-seizure), Trafficking and exploitation | Backpage.com, backpage.com | Sales and Marketing Director | Sentenced. No further detail published |