Escorts. Com parent companyA-1 advertising busted by FBI / Philly police
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[quote]FBI Agents Raid HotMovies' Offices
By Rhett Pardon, XBIZ. Com
Wed, Oct 27 2010 09:15am PDT
PHILADELPHIA — HotMovies' company headquarters were raided Wednesday morning by more than 100 law enforcement agents from the FBI and local police.
"They expect the search to take the remainder of today, " said James Cybert, HotMovies director of business development.
Cybert cynically characterized the raid as a "beautiful day in the neighborhood" on Facebook.
The FBI agents were armed with search warrants and more than 100 employees were detained and later released.
FBI spokesman J. J. Klaver told XBIZ that agents are still at the company's offices in Philadelphia.
"No one is in custody, " Klaver said. "There have been no [federal] indictments filed. "
Klaver would provide no other details. Philadelphia police told XBIZ that the raid was orchestrated by the FBI.
It's the second raid performed on an online adult company this year by federal authorities.
Earlier this year, federal prosecutors raided the offices of Pittsburgh-based Right Ascension, which operates AdultDVDEmpire. Com. The company was indicted on obscenity charges after mailing four DVDs containing material deemed obscene to an Erie, Pa, post office box in May 2007.
Right Ascension eventually paid a $75,000 fine and was placed on two years' probation.
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VOD. Com and IndependentVOD. Com, as well as HotMovies. Com. The company also owns and operates numerous mainstream sites.
Parent company National A-1 Advertising's sites, including HotMovies.com, were down for most of the day, but as of 4 pm (PST) the sites are back up.[/quote]Escorts.com was NOT mentioned in this article; however it is in the one below. Very interesting.
http://www.thedomains.com/2010/10/27/avn-national-a-1-update-escorts-com-not-hotmovies-com-maybe-the-issue/
All the girls did get it.
I'd be leary and personally deleted all my information (I also was smart enought to pay the VIP in bulk using a visa gift card and use prepaid hot spot. Another article said that they came back for a second day and hauled off boxes in two different rental trucks. Whatever is going on there is very big. The FBI doesn't like to be embarrassed so someone is going down. Just not sure the man wants to take on all the girls. Besides remember escorting is NOT illegal and neither is advertising to get busted they have to catch you in the act. Be wise about your choices and you should be fine.
[QUOTE=Jade01; 1085586]I got a private message on escorts. Com, pretty sure it was sent to all on esc. Also got a email address if providers have any questions. I will give email address via pm only. Here is what was pmd to me on esc.
Hello, Ladies
This is Lisa Wolf, Empowerment Coordinator for Provider's Voice. It has come to my attention that something unusual occurred, with the Escorts. Com staff, on Thursday, October 27th. Although we are not clear, at this point, as to what exactly happened, until you receive a reasonable explanation from Escorts. Com, we advise you to limit your contact / advertising through Escorts. Com. If you choose to communicate with your contacts, we advise you to divert to your personal e-mail addresses, for the time being. Feel free to contact me, with any questions or concerns.
Be Safe and Aware,
Lisa Wolf.
Empowerment Coordinator.
Provider's Voice[/QUOTE]
I tryed to google the lisa wolf when I got the message
[QUOTE=Jax411;1085948]This is why I am so leery about doing reviews b / see you never know what big brother is up to! Its funny how we say it is legal to have strip clubs where a lot of 'takeout' services can occur but people who do it in a rather discreet way have to be harassed! I don't mind so much doing reviews on this site because it is by far (at least it seems) quite secure and anonymous. Anyway, be care and even on this open forum, word things very carefully because the big boys don't have enough to do! Not enough more serious crimes to fight![/QUOTE]But no info came up for that person or that organization.