US mugshot website owners face criminal charges
美國mugshot網站所有者面臨刑事指控
The four alleged owners of a website which publishes photos of people taken soon after they have been arrested, have been arrested themselves.
四名被指控的網站所有者在網站上發佈別人被捕的照片後不多久，他們自己也被捕了。
The alleged owners of the mugshots.com website have been accused of extortion and a variety of other crimes.
據稱mugshots.com網站的所有者被指控勒索和其他幾項罪行。
The US-based site asks anyone wanting to have their image removed to hand over a substantial payment.
這家總部位於美國的網站要求所有想要刪除照片的人交出一筆數額可觀的款項。
It generated more than $2m (£1.5m) from people keen to get images removed, said California's Attorney General.
加利福尼亞州總檢察長表示，他們從想要刪除照片的人身上敲詐了超過200萬美元（150萬英鎊）。
"This pay-for-removal scheme attempts to profit off of someone else's humiliation," said Attorney General Xavier 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," he said.
他說:“那些無力支付這一鉅款的人在尋找工作、住房或試圖與他人建立關係時，都付出了慘痛的代價。”
Money laundering
洗錢
Images were only removed if people depicted on mugshots.com paid fees, said the statement, even though many had the charges against them dismissed or had been mistakenly arrested. More than 5,700 people paid to have their image removed from the site.
"This is exploitation, plain and simple," added Mr Becarra. The California Attorney General's office encouraged anyone who paid to get their image "de-published" to contact it with more details.
“這是剝削，再簡單明瞭不過了，”貝卡拉先生補充道。加利福尼亞總檢察長辦公室鼓勵任何付費將他們的照片“不出版”的人為警方提供更多細節。
The four men charged are Thomas Keesee, Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie, David Usdan and Sahar Sarid.
這四名被指控的男子分別是Thomas Keesee，Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie，David Usdan和Sahar Sarid。
As well as extortion, the four are charged with money laundering and identity theft. Mr Usdan, Mr Keesee and Mr Bhavnanie are currently in police custody.
除了勒索外，這四人還被指控洗錢和身份盜竊。Usdan，Keesee和Bhavnanie目前仍被警方拘留。
In a statement posted to his personal site, Mr Sarid said his involvement with the site ended in 2013 after he had completed some consultancy work for it.
It is not clear what will happen to the mugshots.com site in the wake of its owners being arrested and charged. The site is still currently operating.
目前尚不清楚在其所有者被逮捕及起訴後，該網站會受到什麼樣的影響。但該網站目前仍在運營中。
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