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# CityXGuide seizure

June 2020, Trafficking and exploitation
Led by [Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation)

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Site infrastructure seized and taken offline.

[See what happened](#what-happened)

What happened to the people?

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

[See people and accountability](#people)

Did it stay down?

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

[See what happened afterward](#afterward)

## What happened

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

## People and accountability

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.

#### 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]](#source-1)

**Full record:** [Everything indexed for Wilhan Martono](https://takedownindex.org/people/wilhan-martono)

Group accounted for: Likely complete

Sole named owner/operator was charged.

[See the organizations and roles behind this action](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/cityxguide-seizure/organizations)

## What happened afterward

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

## Sources

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

### Official sources

1.
[CityXGuide seized; owner Wilhan Martono charged](https://takedownindex.org/sources/usao-northern-district-of-texas-fbi-cityxguide-seized-owner-wilhan-martono-charg)

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.

Research context

## How this entry was checked

This entry came from a broader aggregation pass and has not been independently verified source by source. Its sources are graded no higher than P2 or S2, and most carry no address yet. Treat the figures as a research lead rather than a settled record.

Source review: Extended pass, not yet verified

Sources cited: 1

Research cutoff: August 20, 2026

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

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