News report # Feds take down sites that replaced prostitution and child sex trafficking portal Backpage.com CBS News, June 19, 2020. The Backpage-to-CityXGuide succession: that Wilhan Martono, 46, registered the domain names for 1backpage.com and cityxguide.com the day after the FBI seized Backpage.com in April 2018, that he ran them as the replacement venue for the same commercial-sex advertising, that prosecutors put the enterprise's revenue at more than $21 million since 2018, and that the sites were seized and Martono charged on 28 federal counts in June 2020 - covering both res\_backpage\_cityxguide and the takedown behind res\_cityxguide\_none.. **Source type:** News report **Published:** June 19, 2020 **Research grade:** S1 **Used in entries:** 2 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** CBS News **Published:** June 19, 2020 **Source type:** News report **Research grade:** Source grade S1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Not an official publication **Address:** [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/backpage-replacement-cityxguide-taken-down-federal-prosecutors/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/backpage-replacement-cityxguide-taken-down-federal-prosecutors/) **What it supports:** The Backpage-to-CityXGuide succession: that Wilhan Martono, 46, registered the domain names for 1backpage.com and cityxguide.com the day after the FBI seized Backpage.com in April 2018, that he ran them as the replacement venue for the same commercial-sex advertising, that prosecutors put the enterprise's revenue at more than $21 million since 2018, and that the sites were seized and Martono charged on 28 federal counts in June 2020 - covering both res\_backpage\_cityxguide and the takedown behind res\_cityxguide\_none. **Dataset id:** src\_cbsnews\_cityxguide\_seizure\_2020 ## Research notes - Byline Clare Hymes. schema.org datePublished 2020-06-19T15:11:04-0400; the page displays 'June 19, 2020 / 3:11 PM EDT'. - The article covers the seizure and the charges only; it does not speak to whether any successor site appeared after CityXGuide, so it supports the absence claim in res\_cityxguide\_none only weakly. How this source is used Cited 2 times across 1 record type. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Later activity 2 citations Cited for activity recorded after the takedown. - [CityXGuide and 1Backpage](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/backpage-com-seizure) Ecosystem successor, Backpage.com seizure Primary source - [No documented return](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/cityxguide-seizure) Relationship not established, CityXGuide seizure Primary source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)