A criminal case against Eric Omuro, 53, of Mountain View, Calif. has resulted in a thirteen month sentence for facilitating prostitution.

Omura was the operator of myRedBook[dot]com, and admitted in his plea agreement to owning and managing the website from April 2010 until June 25, 2014. The site was previously called sfredbook[.]com.

Omura also agreed to forfeit more than $1.28 million in cash and property.

The Justice Department said: “Omuro admitted that the website hosted advertisements posted by prostitutes containing explicit photos, graphic descriptions of sexual services offered and rates for the sexual services. The advertisements were searchable by geographic location, including cities throughout California, other U.S. states and Canada."

The agency also disclosed that: “According to an affidavit submitted in connection with the sentencing hearing, the FBI identified more than 50 juveniles who were also advertised on myRedBook for the purpose of prostitution."

Omura surrendered the domain names upon his arrest in June of last year.

Source: SCMagazine