Prosecutor release # Backpage’s Co-founder and CEO, As Well As Several Backpage-Related Corporate Entities, Enter Guilty Pleas United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, April 12, 2018. Carl Ferrer's guilty plea and the corporate guilty pleas, plus the arrest of all seven defendants charged in the 93-count indictment on 6 April 2018 and the initial appearances of Lacey, Larkin, Spear, Brunst, Hyer, Padilla and Vaught. **Source type:** Prosecutor release **Published:** April 12, 2018 **Research grade:** P1 **Used in entries:** 8 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs **Published:** April 12, 2018 **Source type:** Prosecutor release **Research grade:** Source grade P1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Official publication **Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/backpage-s-co-founder-and-ceo-well-several-backpage-related-corporate-entities-enter-guilty](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/backpage-s-co-founder-and-ceo-well-several-backpage-related-corporate-entities-enter-guilty) **What it supports:** Carl Ferrer's guilty plea and the corporate guilty pleas, plus the arrest of all seven defendants charged in the 93-count indictment on 6 April 2018 and the initial appearances of Lacey, Larkin, Spear, Brunst, Hyer, Padilla and Vaught **Dataset id:** src\_usdoj\_opa\_backpage\_guilty\_pleas\_2018 ## Research notes - Press Release Number: 18-463. - The submitted /opa/pr/ URL now 301-redirects to /archives/opa/pr/; the archived path is recorded as the canonical URL. - Read via an Internet Archive capture because justice.gov serves an Akamai bot interstitial to automated clients. How this source is used Cited 8 times across 2 record types. 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 ### Takedown records 1 citation Cited on the takedown record itself. - [Backpage.com seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/backpage-com-seizure) Trafficking and exploitation, April 2018 Supporting source ### Legal actions against people 7 citations Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person. - [Michael Lacey](https://takedownindex.org/people/michael-lacey) Arrested, Backpage.com seizure Later outcome - [James Larkin](https://takedownindex.org/people/james-larkin) Arrested, Backpage.com seizure Later outcome - [Scott Spear](https://takedownindex.org/people/scott-spear) Arrested, Backpage.com seizure Later outcome - [John E. “Jed” Brunst](https://takedownindex.org/people/john-e-jed-brunst) Arrested, Backpage.com seizure Later outcome - [Dan Hyer](https://takedownindex.org/people/dan-hyer) Arrested, Backpage.com seizure Later outcome - [Andrew Padilla](https://takedownindex.org/people/andrew-padilla) Arrested, Backpage.com seizure Later outcome - [Jaala Joye Vaught](https://takedownindex.org/people/jaala-joye-vaught) Arrested, Backpage.com seizure Later outcome [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)