Overview

• Michael Lacey was fined $3 million and will serve five years in prison, with three years of supervised release.
• Two other executives, Scott Spear and John Brunst, received ten-year sentences for their involvement.
• Backpage generated over $500 million in revenue from ads promoting prostitution before its 2018 shutdown.
• Lacey and his co-defendants laundered proceeds through shell companies in multiple countries.
• The defendants plan to appeal their convictions, claiming insufficient involvement in day-to-day operations.