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[Thumperforq]

Anyone else get extortion texts from someone saying that they will report to the police??

This is the number: 253-248-0686. He writes like a foreignor and keeps at it for $200 to remove your number.

Check this ******** site. It has details about the scam.

http://fixedgear808.********.com/201...nscom.html?m=1

Replace * with blog spot (single word)

[Macko69]

Anyone else get extortion texts from someone saying that they will report to the police??

This is the number: 253-248-0686. He writes like a foreignor and keeps at it for $200 to remove your number.

Check post #5250 in General Reports. It explains what's going on with that site. It sounds like what they do is post a bogus provider ad on Craigslist or BP. When a monger tries to call the number, a voicemail tells them to text. If a person texts, someone on the other end uses to phone number to find pictures of the person on social media. Once they have all the information, they threaten to expose the guy unless he pays them.

Did you text any ads that you saw on BP or Craigslist?

[SquirtLuva69]

Anyone else get extortion texts from someone saying that they will report to the police??

This is the number: 253-248-0686. He writes like a foreignor and keeps at it for $200 to remove your number.

[Thumperforq]

Thanks for posting that article, it was very engaging to read.

The info regarding the average price increase for providers offering specific services was especially interesting to me. The average price increase for "anal sex" was reportedly less than $30 (the article says $25), while the average price increase for kissing was $60 and the average price increase for BBBJ was slightly less than $70. In my experience, most providers would definitely charge more for Greek than for either kissing or BBBJ, but I realize that this study is international and includes many locations where I've never mongered. Still, I wonder about the accuracy of that particular data.

Article also points out that economy hasn' t recovered in many locations, so less discretionary spending available.

[SlickRick504]

How new technology is shaking up the oldest business.

http://discover.economist.com/?a=216...subs/US/BR-MIT

Enjoy!

Thanks for the info braddah, but I don't think this article was base on the Hawaii mongering prices.

[Redneck 1]

How new technology is shaking up the oldest business.

Thanks for posting that article, it was very engaging to read.

The info regarding the average price increase for providers offering specific services was especially interesting to me. The average price increase for "anal sex" was reportedly less than $30 (the article says $25), while the average price increase for kissing was $60 and the average price increase for BBBJ was slightly less than $70. In my experience, most providers would definitely charge more for Greek than for either kissing or BBBJ, but I realize that this study is international and includes many locations where I've never mongered. Still, I wonder about the accuracy of that particular data.

[Cosmic Kid]

How new technology is shaking up the oldest business.

http://discover.economist.com/?a=216...subs/US/BR-MIT

Enjoy!

Interesting info! Thanks for posting that link.

[Hawaiian Nono]

How new technology is shaking up the oldest business.

http://discover.economist.com/?a=216...subs/US/BR-MIT

Enjoy!

[HapaBoy86]

"We're going to help them and try to get them started on a new life," Kaneshiro said.

LOL. Like the tv show 8 minutes!

[Redneck 1]

Honolulu's top prosecutor: Veto of sex trafficking ban; not all prostitutes are victims.

Honolulu's top prosecutor is urging Gov. David Ige to veto a bill that would ban sex trafficking in Hawaii.

The bill, which was passed unanimously by the Legislature, seeks to create a victim-centered approach to dealing with those who are forced into prostitution, instead of treating prostitutes as criminals.

It aims to strengthen penalties for coercing victims into performing sex for money, and would create a statewide witness protection program for sex trafficking victims.

But defining all prostitutes as victims could be problematic for prosecutors, who have convinced prostitutes to testify against pimps by promising to drop charges, said Keith Kaneshiro, prosecuting attorney for the city and county of Honolulu.

"The prostitutes who come forward and testify against the pimps, we'll treat them as victims," Kaneshiro said.

"There are some prostitutes engaging in prostitution willingly, and how do we know the difference?" Kaneshiro said. "If you don't testify, we don't know if you're a victim".

That approach is exactly what victims' advocates have been trying to change. Those who are forced into prostitution are often too scared to testify, because they've been threatened by the pimp, or they fear retaliation, said Kathryn Xian, executive director of the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery.

"That's a really horrible way of deciphering who is a victim and who is not," Xian said. "There are a lot of reasons for victims to not want to testify against their abusers".

Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland, who introduced the bill, disagreed with Kaneshiro's view of prostitution, arguing that most prostitutes don't have a choice about their profession. Chun Oakland recounted stories about homeless gay, lesbian and transgender XXXXX who supported themselves on the streets after being kicked out of their homes, and another about a XXXX who, after meeting up with her cousin's friends, was drugged and forced into prostitution.

"They took her and they said if she does anything they would kill her family," Chun Oakland said. "Tell me if that is a choice".

Chun Oakland had her own letter hand-delivered to Ige's office Tuesday, urging passage of the bill.

Hawaii is the only state in the nation that doesn't have a sex trafficking ban written into its laws. But Kaneshiro said the state already has laws that ban forcing people into prostitution, it just doesn't use the term "sex trafficking" in the law, Kaneshiro said.

"The current law is sufficient," Kaneshiro said.

Five years ago, prosecuting pimps was extremely rare in Honolulu. But since Hawaii's human trafficking law was passed in 2011, prosecutors have brought 19 cases against 22 defendants, sending 7 people to prison.

"We got prison terms on these people," Kaneshiro said. "In making these cases, we made deals with the prostitutes. We treated them as victims, because they decided to cooperate".

Kaneshiro says the bill would make it more difficult to prosecute pimps, because language in the bill lists a number of elements that can be used to prove a person is guilty of sex trafficking.

But a side-by-side comparison of the bill and the current law doesn't substantiate the claim that prosecutors would have more to prove, Xian said.

"I disagree with him, and I think he's misleading the public," Xian said. "I don't know where he can really justify his claim that adding more elements for prosecutors to use at their disposal makes it harder to prove a crime".

There is a witness protection program for those who testify against pimps, but it's currently not funded in the budget, Kaneshiro said. The city is working on opening a family justice center to provide secure housing, treatment and counseling to those who testify against criminals, and it's expected to open in 2015, Kaneshiro said.

Those who testify will be offered immunity and receive help with immigration problems and finding jobs, Kaneshiro said.

"We're going to help them and try to get them started on a new life," Kaneshiro said.

[MongerZ]

That was her. She gave some great service.

That's how you would average it out, but she didn't consistently work the whole time. She would take off months at a time then come back and be the * queen that she was. Too bad she got caught up in all of this. Hope it works out for her in the end.

G35.

She personally told me, about 5 guys a day.

[Lowlys One]

1. They are independent contractors who frequently change locations they work from. How would you be able to establish what her average tips would be? The establishments don't keep legal records of what each woman takes in.

2. When many of us work side jobs, we get paid cash. It's off the books. We don't claim as income or pay taxes. There's no paper trail.

3. She got caught because she left a paper trail of deposits, using FedEx, western union, etc. The easiest way to launder money is to buy Savings Bonds. Federal government turns a blind eye, since they benefit. She and husband were ignorant or not patient and were caught.

4. If she works in AMPs again, I'd see her. Morality plays are bullshit.

Maybe the establishments should keep legal records, so if the breakdown is 50-house, 150-provider, then the simplest way to figure out tips would be: house gross revenue equal 25 ℅ of providers total tips. Then it would be up to provider to decide how much tips to declare, with the understanding that if irs audits establishments with that formula and the total tips declared doesn't come close to house gross revenues they stand a good chance of being investigated, they not the establishment! And BTW I'd go check out apple at an AMP as well, if she returns but not because I believe she's innocent, but because she's a great fuck.

[Redneck 1]

(I posted about this Santa Cruz County (California) case last year. Here's an update.)

High-priced prostitute sentenced to 6 years in jail for killing Google Exec.

Alix XXXXXXXXX, a high-priced prostitute, was found guilty of giving a Google executive a fatal dose of heroin on his yacht and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

Defense attorneys for XXXXXXXXX say their client had also injected herself, clouding her judgment. She pleaded guilty, according to court documents.

Larry Biggam, who represents 26-year-old XXXXXXXXX, said after a court hearing in October that his client didn't call for help because she panicked.

Gerald Christensen, XXXXXXXXX's other attorney, says the death was an accident and not malicious.

Surveillance video shows XXXXXXXXX gather her belongings, casually step over the body of 51-year-old XXXXXXX XXXXX to finish a glass of wine, clean up a counter, then lower a blind before leaving the yacht on Nov. 23.

XXXXXXXXX pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of administering a controlled substance.

[Thumperforq]

I'm wondering if she is one of a very few who gets busted for tax evasion, or is it common among AMP providers to catch a charge like this. Another question I have is, state law requires women working in relaxation centers to have a cosmethology license, which gives them a reason to claim income, now how much income each provider claims, who decides, the indivisual, or is there a concerted efffort among providers of the same establishment to claim income of about the same rate, like waiters in a restuarant, they usually report 8% of the gross income of their resturant as reported tips, of course they in almost all cases make more than that, but if all waiters claim the same or close to the same amount for tips they usually avoid the wrath of the I. Are. S. Investigation. Idk the exact circumstances on why she was caught, and as far as I know, no one else has. Another question or maybe a comment I have is apparently her husband has commited suicide as a result of the investigation, that seems so extreme of him, not to mention selfish on his part, maybe there is something else to this case that has'nt been disclosed as of yet. In any case, if you really support her, why would you encourage her to go back and work at an AMP? And shoudn't the lesson you hope she learned be, claim taxes like everyone else instead of "being a lot smarter about your finances". Not paying taxes is a crime, we should'nt try to minimize or condone her actions, when others refuse or evade paying taxes, that's a crime commited against all of us, I don't wish any ill will on her, especially with regards to her husbands suicide, but at the same time, she has to be accountable, she knew what she was doing and did it anyway, imo, she should feel lucky if all the government wants is her money, and not her freedom. She indeed was a great, prolly the best fuck I've had at an AMP, but what she did was wrong, period, feel sorry for her son, not her, she is a criminal as charged!

1. They are independent contractors who frequently change locations they work from. How would you be able to establish what her average tips would be? The establishments don't keep legal records of what each woman takes in.

2. When many of us work side jobs, we get paid cash. It's off the books. We don't claim as income or pay taxes. There's no paper trail.

3. She got caught because she left a paper trail of deposits, using FedEx, western union, etc. The easiest way to launder money is to buy Savings Bonds. Federal government turns a blind eye, since they benefit. She and husband were ignorant or not patient and were caught.

4. If she works in AMPs again, I'd see her. Morality plays are bullshit.

[Lowlys One]

If she does elect to get back in the AMP biz I'll be in line to see her in a heartbeat. A lot of sessions I've had with various providers are lost in my memory but not what went on with Apple, even years later already. "Golden Queen" was an appropriate name for an AMP she worked at since she herself is a Golden Queen. Apple would appear to have a devoted clientele on Oahu awaiting her return to provider status, so she wouldn't be starting over from ground zero. If we can encourage her to go active again, hopefully she can learn something from her current ordeal and. Among other things. Get a lot smarter about handling her income.

Yeah, she showed me pics of her son too. She sure was proud of him.

I'm wondering if she is one of a very few who gets busted for tax evasion, or is it common among AMP providers to catch a charge like this. Another question I have is, state law requires women working in relaxation centers to have a cosmethology license, which gives them a reason to claim income, now how much income each provider claims, who decides, the indivisual, or is there a concerted efffort among providers of the same establishment to claim income of about the same rate, like waiters in a restuarant, they usually report 8% of the gross income of their resturant as reported tips, of course they in almost all cases make more than that, but if all waiters claim the same or close to the same amount for tips they usually avoid the wrath of the I. Are. S. Investigation. Idk the exact circumstances on why she was caught, and as far as I know, no one else has. Another question or maybe a comment I have is apparently her husband has commited suicide as a result of the investigation, that seems so extreme of him, not to mention selfish on his part, maybe there is something else to this case that has'nt been disclosed as of yet. In any case, if you really support her, why would you encourage her to go back and work at an AMP? And shoudn't the lesson you hope she learned be, claim taxes like everyone else instead of "being a lot smarter about your finances". Not paying taxes is a crime, we should'nt try to minimize or condone her actions, when others refuse or evade paying taxes, that's a crime commited against all of us, I don't wish any ill will on her, especially with regards to her husbands suicide, but at the same time, she has to be accountable, she knew what she was doing and did it anyway, imo, she should feel lucky if all the government wants is her money, and not her freedom. She indeed was a great, prolly the best fuck I've had at an AMP, but what she did was wrong, period, feel sorry for her son, not her, she is a criminal as charged!