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Dan Hyer

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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
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.

Sources

Every claim on this person's pages traces to one of the entries below.

Official announcements come first, then the reporting that supports individual details.

3 sources cited across 3 recorded actions

  1. [1]
    Justice Department leads seizure of Backpage.com, indicts founders

    US DOJ / FBI, April 6, 2018 Prosecutor release Source grade P1

    Establishes the Backpage.com seizure and the indictment of its founders and executives.

    Open source
  2. [2]
    Three Owners of Notorious Prostitution Website Backpage Sentenced

    United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, August 28, 2024 Prosecutor release Source grade P1

    Sentences for Lacey, Spear and Brunst; Ferrer and Hyer pleas; Larkin death; agencies

    Open source
  3. [3]
    United States v. Backpage case information and docket updates

    United States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Other Source grade P1

    Docket numbers, judgments, appeals, forfeiture cases and later sentencing entries

    Open source
Coverage note. Nothing on this page rests on an uncited claim. Where a source is silent on an outcome, this entry leaves the outcome unstated rather than inferring one. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified.