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CityXGuide seizure

June 2020, Trafficking and exploitation
Led by Federal Bureau of Investigation

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Site infrastructure seized and taken offline.

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What happened to the people?

Officials reported 1 charged.
1 charged named in the public record.
Group accounted for: Likely complete

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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US federal investigators seized CityXGuide, a classified-advertising site used to facilitate prostitution and sex trafficking, and charged its owner.

Date
June 2020
Target
CityXGuide, classified ads platform
Activity
Trafficking and exploitation
Operational lead
FBI
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Site infrastructure seized and taken offline.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
Federal seizure warrant; 28-count federal indictment (N.D. Tex.)
Group accounted for
Likely complete

1
charged

Named in the public record: 1 charged.

Figures count individuals named in charging documents and official statements, each person once per outcome. People alleged to be involved but not publicly identified are not counted.

Reported and named. Officials reported 1 charged. 1 charged named in the public record. The two figures come from different places and are never added together. Officials publish a headline total, and this index counts only the individuals it can name from the cited record.
Person Role Current public status
Owner/operator of CityXGuide Charged
Charging authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Main charges
Facilitating prostitution; Sex trafficking-related offenses
Case number
Not established in the public record
Arresting authority
Not established in the public record
Arrest location
Not established in the public record
Extradition status
Not established in the public record
Conviction or plea
Not established in the public record
Sentence
Not established in the public record
Segment
Core operator
Sources
[1]
Full record
Everything indexed for Wilhan Martono

Wilhan Martono

Owner/operator of CityXGuide. Current public status: Charged.

Charging authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Main charges
Facilitating prostitution; Sex trafficking-related offenses
Case number
Not established in the public record
Arresting authority
Not established in the public record
Arrest location
Not established in the public record
Extradition status
Not established in the public record
Conviction or plea
Not established in the public record
Sentence
Not established in the public record
Segment
Core operator
Sources
[1]
Full record
Everything indexed for Wilhan Martono

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Group accounted for: Likely complete

Sole named owner/operator was charged.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them.

Official sources

  1. [1]
    CityXGuide seized; owner Wilhan Martono charged

    USAO Northern District of Texas / FBI, June 1, 2020, Source grade S2

    Establishes the CityXGuide seizure and the 28-count indictment against owner Wilhan Martono.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.