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Bank Accounts Seized and 7 Arrested Including RentBoy.com CEO In Prostitution and Money Laundering Sting (VIDEO)
Police Raid RentBoy.com
Police Raid RentBoy.com
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  • August 25, 2015 - 12:52pm
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RentBoy.com who presents an annual event in Las Vegas known as HustlaBall Vegas is in serious trouble.

Abc7NY has reported that Homeland Security and NYPD have carried out a major prostitution sting targeting a website in Manhattan Tuesday morning, raiding the company headquarters and arresting seven people accused of selling sex and laundering money. The website which is already non-operational will soon have a "SEIZED" banner on the website according to authorities.

The CEO of Rentboy.com, Jeffrey Hurant, and six other employees were taken into custody at their homes in New York City, bank accounts and millions of dollars have been seized.

The company, which billed itself as the "world's largest male escort service", is located in Manhattan on West 14th Street, off Fifth Avenue, with no RentBoy.com signage. Boxes of documents and computers have also been seized.

Authorities confirmed the site operated as a male prostitution ring. The complaint said that Rentboy.com, founded in 1997, hosted thousands of paid advertisers. Despite disclaimers that the ads were not for sexual services, Rentboy.com is designed for advertising illegal prostitution, the complaint said.

Men would pay a fee and post their information on site, and those interested would go directly to the site and contact the poster. The site charges advertisers a minimum monthly fee of $59.95 and up to several hundred dollars to advertise. The complaint said that between 2010 and 2015, Rentboy.com grossed more than $10 million.

"As alleged, Rentboy.com attempted to present a veneer of legality, when in fact this internet brothel made millions of dollars from the promotion of illegal prostitution," said acting U.S. Attorney Kelly Currie.

At this time it is unclear if authorities will be going after individual escorts themselves but the information is now in the hands of the federal government.