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All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion charges
Posted by DavidTheGnome on 5/18/18 at 12:07 am723
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Two alleged owners of Mugshots.com—Sahar Sarid and Thomas Keesee—have been arrested in south Florida on a recently issued California warrant. The notorious website publishes mugshots and then demands payment for their removal.
On Wednesday, the attorney general of California brought criminal charges against not only Saried and Keesee, but also Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie and David Usdan. The quartet has been charged with extortion, money laundering, and identity theft.
Bhavnanie was arraigned by a Pennsylvania state judge also on Wednesday—his bail was reportedly set at $1.86 million. According to Tania Mercado, a spokeswoman for the California Attorney General's office, Usdan is also in custody.
"This pay-for-removal scheme attempts to profit off of someone else's humiliation," said Attorney General Becerra in a statement. "Those who can't afford to pay into this scheme to have their information removed pay the price when they look for a job, housing, or try to build relationships with others. This is exploitation, plain and simple."
Frick them
Two alleged owners of Mugshots.com—Sahar Sarid and Thomas Keesee—have been arrested in south Florida on a recently issued California warrant. The notorious website publishes mugshots and then demands payment for their removal.
On Wednesday, the attorney general of California brought criminal charges against not only Saried and Keesee, but also Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie and David Usdan. The quartet has been charged with extortion, money laundering, and identity theft.
Bhavnanie was arraigned by a Pennsylvania state judge also on Wednesday—his bail was reportedly set at $1.86 million. According to Tania Mercado, a spokeswoman for the California Attorney General's office, Usdan is also in custody.
"This pay-for-removal scheme attempts to profit off of someone else's humiliation," said Attorney General Becerra in a statement. "Those who can't afford to pay into this scheme to have their information removed pay the price when they look for a job, housing, or try to build relationships with others. This is exploitation, plain and simple."
Frick them
This post was edited on 5/18 at 12:07 am
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by magildachunks on 5/18/18 at 12:08 am to DavidTheGnome
So both?
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by DavidTheGnome on 5/18/18 at 12:09 am to magildachunks
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On Wednesday, the attorney general of California brought criminal charges against not only Saried and Keesee, but also Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie and David Usdan. The quartet
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by F Secunda8 on 5/18/18 at 12:09 am to DavidTheGnome
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Frick them
Quit breaking the law?
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by magildachunks on 5/18/18 at 12:10 am to DavidTheGnome
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On Wednesday, the attorney general of California brought criminal charges against not only Saried and Keesee, but also Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie and David Usdan. The quartet
Missed that part.
I'm drunk.
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by DustyDinkleman on 5/18/18 at 12:11 am to DavidTheGnome
Someone needs to post their mugshots and demand payment for removal.
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by DavidTheGnome on 5/18/18 at 12:11 am to F Secunda8
Not everyone arrested is guilty
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by RobbBobb on 5/18/18 at 12:15 am to DavidTheGnome
theGnome with another fail thread
What? No mugshots of the mugshot extortionists?
What? No mugshots of the mugshot extortionists?
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by magildachunks on 5/18/18 at 12:17 am to RobbBobb
Those guys look like they own methheads.com
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by magildachunks on 5/18/18 at 12:18 am to DavidTheGnome
Wonder if my mugshot is on there
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re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by Kafka on 5/18/18 at 12:20 am to DavidTheGnome
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Not everyone arrested is guilty
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by fr33manator on 5/18/18 at 12:22 am to DavidTheGnome
Wait, so these guys are charged with making public information...public?
And then offering to make it “less public” for a fee?
They are guilty of being greedy assholes. But I didn’t think being a greedy a-hole was a crime or else most of Wall Street would be behind bars.
And then offering to make it “less public” for a fee?
They are guilty of being greedy assholes. But I didn’t think being a greedy a-hole was a crime or else most of Wall Street would be behind bars.
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by Jim Rockford on 5/18/18 at 12:23 am to DavidTheGnome
I knew someone who got popped for DWI in Caddo Parish, bonded out immediately, and their information never made it onto the jail website. But somehow the mugshot boys got hold of it.
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by Golfer on 5/18/18 at 12:24 am to F Secunda8
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Quit breaking the law?
Being arrested and sent to jail does not mean you’ve broken the law.
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by Golfer on 5/18/18 at 12:26 am to fr33manator
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Wait, so these guys are charged with making public information...public?
And then offering to make it “less public” for a fee?
The issue IIRC was that you’d pay one website for it to be removed...then another that was affiliated with them would post the mugshot. And the cycle continued.
This post was edited on 5/18 at 12:29 am
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by Kafka on 5/18/18 at 12:31 am to DavidTheGnome
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by White Roach on 5/18/18 at 12:36 am to Golfer
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quote: Quit breaking the law?
Being arrested and sent to jail does not mean you’ve broken the law.
This is what pisses me off about The Advocate posting every DUI arrest in the parish. Post everybody arrested for anything, if the editorial staff truly believes being arrested is "news".
I'm sure MADD lobbied the paper to do so, but it's bullshite. There's no article when DUI cases are thrown out or defendants are found not guilty. And no, I've never gotten a DUI or had my name in The Advocate.
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by magildachunks on 5/18/18 at 12:41 am to White Roach
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White Roach
Preach brother
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by White Roach on 5/18/18 at 1:01 am to magildachunks
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Preach brother
Papers in little podunk towns used to print all the arrest reports. Almost invariably, it was for some chickenshit offense like illegal dumping, drunk in public or a petty theft. The more serious offenses might be an arse whipping at a bar. It could be argued that there was actually a deterrent effect by doing this in a small community, based on the assumption that people actually cared about what their neighbors thought of them.
I'm not so sure that's The Advocate's motivation. It just seems like public humiliation to me. Im not sure if they're influenced by MADD or church groups or what their angle is, but I think it's bullshite. Print the names of the people found guilty, if you think it serves a purpose.
re: All of Mugshots.com’s alleged co-owners arrested on extortion chargesPosted by Bourre on 5/18/18 at 1:03 am to DavidTheGnome
Clicked on the thread expecting a food fight
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