Because that is where their money came from. It only became "laundering" because many of those ads were for illegal services.
It's a stupid case. The guy just made a platform for classifieds. It's like going after the phone company for not shutting down service to prostitutes. It's not their job to hunt for criminals, and what a shitty world it would be if it were. It's big brother via corporations.
Then why do you claim he was sentenced for running a classified ads website?
That's not what the article says.
Because that is where their money came from. It only became "laundering" because many of those ads were for illegal services.
It's a stupid case. The guy just made a platform for classifieds. It's like going after the phone company for not shutting down service to prostitutes. It's not their job to hunt for criminals, and what a shitty world it would be if it were. It's big brother via corporations.