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Seven people have been indicted on charges of running a hour prostitution ring on Craigslist, New York's attorney general announced on Wednesday, the day after Craigslist's CEO filed a lawsuit to keep South Carolina's attorney general from pursuing criminal charges against the company. Five of the seven New York residents were arrested on Wednesday on charges of corruption, conspiracy and money laundering.
They're scheduled to appear in state Supreme Courtin Queens, where authorities say the operation was based. Late on Tuesday night, Craigslist chief executive Jim Buckmaster sued South Carolina's attorney general, saying the prosecutor's threat to file prostitution charges against the San Francisco company violates its executives' constitutional rights.
Last year, McMaster and attorneys general from dozens of other states entered into an agreement with Craigslist to improve the site's safeguards. But McMaster says he doesn't think Craigslist has done enough to keep for prostitution off the website. Earlier this month, McMaster called on Buckmaster to take down related to prostitution and pornography, giving Craigslist 10 days to comply or face possible charges.
When that deadline passed, McMaster said he would prosecute Craigslist executives for aiding and abetting prostitution if an ad on the website le to a prostitution case in South Carolina. Craigslist announced plans last week to eliminate its "erotic services" category and screen all submissions to a new "adult services" section before they are posted.
The group named in the count indictment unsealed on Wednesday in New York is accused of operating Room Service Entertainment in the "erotic services" section on Craigslist from June through December Investigators say the included explicit or sem-inude photographs and a phone to arrange "dates". Attorney information for them wasn't immediately available.
Rosenberg and Davenport are accused of being the operations co-owners; the others are accused of being bookers. Craigslist prostitution ring: seven charged.
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