Anonymous ID: 6b8a04 Jan. 25, 2019, 1:39 p.m. No.4906646   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6863

http://newslo.com/mtv-cribs-backpage-coms-jim-larkin-the-house-that-human-trafficking-built/

 

“MTV Cribs: Backpage.com’s Jim Larkin” — The House That Human Trafficking Built

Written by Conor Biller October 15th 2012

 

PHOENIX – A special edition of the popular MTV program “Cribs” has gone inside the home of Jim Larkin, co-owner of the controversial classifieds site, Backpage.com. Despite myriad reports of prostitution and human trafficking advertisements on the site – often involving minors — Backpage.com has earned Larkin millions and allowed him to live a life usually reserved for top-tier celebrities and Fortune 500 businessmen. Larkin’s palatial estate in Phoenix, Arizona is certainly one of the most impressive properties ever seen on “Cribs.”

 

The 64,000 square-foot home comes complete with two pools, a twelve-seat movie theatre, an indoor basketball court, a guest house, and eight bedrooms.

 

Members of the “Cribs” crew reportedly expressed great outrage to their superiors when they learned of Larkin’s occupation. “I Googled it quickly,” one camera operator told Newslo. “A hundred and eighty-six minors have been sex-trafficked on this dude’s site – and this guy’s getting commissions every time.”

 

Larkin has stated that the site has a “libertarian,” laissez-fare approach to its content, and has fought back against activists and political figures that want the site shut down. His rebuttals are unsurprising, as the loose rules and light oversight of Backpage.com have led to significant profits for those involved. The site, which accounts for 80% of the nation’s online sex ads according to The New York Times, earns an estimated $31,000,000 in annual revenues.

 

Larkin, who receives a commission from the ads posted on the site, clearly sees a fine cut of Backpage’s revenues.

 

“This is the house that human trafficking built,” a “Cribs” gaffer said.

 

Larkin himself gave “Cribs” the tour of his estate. In moments that appeared quite forced, he points out various possessions in the home that he claims he bought on Backpage.com, in what seems to be an attempt to convince viewers that the site has legitimate, non-sexual business practices. “Look at this vase,” Larkin says midway through the program, beaming. “Thanks, Backpage!”

 

The vase was later found to be a nineteenth-century antique that Larkin purchased for $73,000 at a Sotheby’s auction.

 

Perhaps most telling were two moments in the half-hour special in which Larkin’s gaffes inadvertently revealed the truth about his site. The first came when Larkin brought the camera crew into the “grotto” of his second pool, a manmade cave resembling a picturesque lagoon. “I’ve thrown some great parties here,” Larkin says. “The last one was a little celebration for some of the pimps we — ” Larkin then paused, caught himself, and asked the crew to “move on.”

 

Back inside, Larkin toured his “Wall of Fame,” a corridor lined with pictures of himself and well-known figures he has met. “This is me with my good buddy Chris,” Larkin says, pointing to a framed photograph of him and Chris Hansen, former host of Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator.” “He even autographed it for me!” Larkin boasts.

 

Unbeknownst to him, however, the camera operator then zoomed in on the photograph, revealing the contents of Hansen’s writing. “To Jimbo,” it reads, “thanks for keeping me in business!”

 

The special edition “Cribs” episode is set to air in late October.

 

hansen just got busted

perkins coie lawyer,maybe related

 

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Anonymous ID: 6b8a04 Jan. 25, 2019, 2:05 p.m. No.4907063   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7112 >>7138 >>7151

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/383713-trump-lawyers-father-in-law-gave-20-million-in-loans-to-chicago-cab-mogul

 

Cohen's father-in-law loaned $20M to cab mogul who was in FBI warrant: report

BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 04/18/18 10:37 AM EDT

 

The father-in-law of President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has reportedly loaned $20 million to the wife of a Chicago cab mogul who was identified in the warrant the FBI used to raid Cohen's office, hotel room and home.

 

The Chicago Sun Times reported Cohen's father-in-law, Fima Shusterman, has given the money in loans over the past eight months to Yasya Shtayner, whose family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp.

 

Cohen owns 22 of the 368 taxicabs managed by the company, according to the Sun Times. According to the Sun Times, Shusterman gave eight loans to Shtayner.

 

Shtayner and her husband, who serves as the company's corporate secretary, were reportedly named in a warrant obtained by the FBI for the Cohen raid.

 

The Sun Times previously reported that the FBI agents were looking for information about connections Cohen has to Shtayner and her husband, who are both immigrants from Ukraine.

 

Cohen is reportedly under investigation for bank fraud and campaign finance law violations.

 

Shtayner, her husband and their sons are also facing a separate lawsuit from a federal credit union operated by the League of Mutual Taxi Owners in New York. The federal credit union sued in an effort to collect a loan of about $3.5 million, according to the Sun Times.

 

Shusterman, who owns a condo in Trump World Tower in New York City, in 1993 pleaded guilty to federal income–tax fraud regarding the taxicab business he owns in New York.

 

In the Cohen raid earlier this month, agents reportedly seized bank records, communications between Cohen and Trump, and documents related to payments to two women who alleged they had an affair with the president more than a decade ago.

 

Prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrants "in part" based on the referral from special counsel Robert Mueller's office, which prompted Trump to launch a series of attacks on Mueller and his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Anonymous ID: 6b8a04 Jan. 25, 2019, 2:08 p.m. No.4907112   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7215

>>4907063

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/heres-why-we-care-about-fima-shusterman

 

Here’s Why We Care About Fima Shusterman

By Josh Marshall

May 7, 2018 11:21 am

For a sense of why we may care about Michael Cohen and father-in-law Fima Shusterman’s massive loans to a cratering business, look at this passage from a book to be published tomorrow, which I strongly recommend purchasing.