US mugshot website owners face criminal charges
美国mugshot网站所有者面临刑事指控
The four alleged owners of a website which publishes photos of people taken soon after they have been arrested, have been arrested themselves.
四名被指控的网站所有者在网站上发布别人被捕的照片后不多久，他们自己也被捕了。
The alleged owners of the mugshots.com website have been accused of extortion and a variety of other crimes.
据称mugshots.com网站的所有者被指控勒索和其他几项罪行。
The US-based site asks anyone wanting to have their image removed to hand over a substantial payment.
这家总部位于美国的网站要求所有想要删除照片的人交出一笔数额可观的款项。
It generated more than $2m (£1.5m) from people keen to get images removed, said California's Attorney General.
加利福尼亚州总检察长表示，他们从想要删除照片的人身上敲诈了超过200万美元（150万英镑）。
"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.
他说:“那些无力支付这一巨款的人在寻找工作、住房或试图与他人建立关系时，都付出了惨痛的代价。”
Money laundering
洗钱
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.
“这是剥削，再简单明了不过了，”贝卡拉先生补充道。加利福尼亚总检察长办公室鼓励任何付费将他们的照片“不出版”的人为警方提供更多细节。
The four men charged are Thomas Keesee, Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie, David Usdan and Sahar Sarid.
这四名被指控的男子分别是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，这四人还被指控洗钱和身份盗窃。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诉后，该网站会受到什么样的影响。但该网站目前仍在运营中。
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