CEO of Backpage.com arrested, faces charges of pimping

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Dallas headquarters of Backpage.com was raided by authorities Thursday as part of a human trafficking investigation.
The CEO of Backpage.com, Carl Ferrer, 55, was arrested on a California arrest warrant when he landed in Houston on a flight from Amsterdam. Ferrer faces 10 charges related to pimping in California.
Backpage.com is known as an adult website which authorities say makes millions of dollars annually from its classified sex ads. California investigators s