Expert: Craigslist crackdown left void
24 May 2012, 11:30 pm
Craigslist's crackdown on flesh-peddling ads simply opened the door for Backpage.com to become what authorities...

Man Arrested In Austin For Soliciting Undercover Officer On Craigslist
24 May 2012, 9:55 pm
Investigators with the Texas Cybercrimes Unit have arrested 49-year-old Richard Raymond Kaiser from Sachse, just outside Dallas. They say Kaiser posted an ad on Craigslist soliciting a teenage boy for sex. Instead, he was communicating with an undercover cop, says Jerry Strickland with the state Attorney General's office. ...

Campbell couple robbed in second Craigslist robbery in San Leandro this week
24 May 2012, 1:54 pm
South Bay couple held up at gunpoint Wednesday night after answering Craigslist ad to buy a car -- the second such incident in San Leandro in five days, police said.

Craigslist ad leads to suspect in armed home invasion
24 May 2012, 11:37 am
An ad posted on Craigslist led to the arrest of a juvenile suspect in a recent armed home invasion in Ham Lake.

Craigslist prostitution ads are back
24 May 2012, 11:33 am
From Bloomberg.com: By Olga Kharif Prostitution ads are back on Craigslist, according to a new report. Craigslist, the online-classified ad site, eliminated a category dedicated to adult services in 2010 and shut down erotic services section a year earlier amid pressure from U.S. state attorneys general. That hasn’t stopped prostitution ads from showing up in the “casual encounters” and ...

Craigslist Prostitution Ads Resurface in Some Places, Study Says
24 May 2012, 8:09 am
Prostitution ads are back on Craigslist, according to a new report.

Police Warn Maryland Residents Of Craigslist Crime Wave
23 May 2012, 10:12 pm
Craigslist crime wave! Thieves are using the site to lure victims to a location and then robbing them at gunpoint. Now police are sounding the alarm.

Crime Beat: City police hunt robbers luring victims on Craigslist
23 May 2012, 12:20 pm
A man claiming to be selling watches, coins and other items on Craigslist — the Internet version of classified ads — has lured four people to a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and robbed them at gunpoint, according to city police.

City police hunt robbers luring victims on Craigslist
23 May 2012, 12:11 pm
A man claiming to be selling watches, coins and other items on Craigslist — the Internet version of classified ads — has lured four people to a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and robbed them at gunpoint, according to city police.

Simple Craigslist precautions ensure a fun — and safe — website exchange
14 May 2012, 3:21 pm
Like childbirth or a Las Vegas vacation, no one comes away from buying or selling something on Craigslist without a story.

Officials pin sex busts on Backpage - Boston Herald
24 May 2012, 10:53 pm
Backpage.com — where the online sex trade fled after the Craigslist crackdown — is now in the cross hairs of law enforcement in Boston and beyond as authorities say the Arizona-based site has raked in as much as $30 million from flesh ...

Andover teen accused of home invasion, robbing couple at gunpoint - Minneapolis Star Tribune
24 May 2012, 4:13 pm
An armed teenager invaded a home in the middle of the night and robbed a Ham Lake couple of money and other items, only to be caught a week later after listing a stolen camera on Craigslist, authorities said Thursday. The suspect, whose identity ...

Campbell couple robbed in second Craigslist robbery in San Leandro this week - San Jose Mercury News
24 May 2012, 1:28 pm
SAN LEANDRO -- A South Bay couple were robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night when they answered a Craigslist ad to buy a car -- the second such incident in San Leandro in five days, police said. About 8:50 p.m., a Campbell man and his wife met a ...

Feds seek to fight food stamp fraud as recipients sell cards on eBay, Craigslist - Contra Costa Times
24 May 2012, 11:55 am
WASHINGTON -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash -- sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist -- and then asking the government for replacement ...

Craigslist ad leads to suspect in armed home invasion - KARE
24 May 2012, 10:58 am
ANOKA, Minn. - An ad posted on Craigslist led to the arrest of a juvenile suspect in a recent armed home invasion in Ham Lake. A couple living on the 1000 block of 173rd Lane Northeast was awakened just after midnight last Thursday by an intruder pointing ...

San Jose men robbed at gunpoint while responding to Craigslist car ad in San Leandro - Contra Costa Times
24 May 2012, 8:06 am
SAN LEANDRO -- Two San Jose men were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend when they answered a Craigslist ad to buy a car in San Leandro, police said. About 8:30 p.m. Saturday, a man and his brother drove from the South Bay to meet a man who had ...

Craigslist Users Beware: The Scammers Are After You - CIO
23 May 2012, 2:55 pm
You all know the infamous Nigerian prince. He’s the guy who has a few million dollars he needs to smuggle out of his country and would love to share it with you. Well, I just met his wife. It happened this way: I recently got a great deal on a baby grand ...

Craigslist for Daily Deals? Goodool Announces Its Obliteration of Forced Revenue Sharing As Done by Daily Deals Giants - YAHOO!
22 May 2012, 10:10 am
Revolutionary "Daily Deals Aggregator" delivers deals from sites like Groupon and LivingSocial while offering Free self-serve daily deals for business and service providers. Just few months ago, Groupon’s IPO was $12.7 billion, and LivingSocial raised ...

Extra Embryos? One Family Offers Them on Craigslist - LifeNews.com
15 May 2012, 11:58 am
What do you do when you have created 18 extra IVF embryos and you don’t want to destroy them or give them away to just anyone? You put them on Craigslist of course! From WhoTV.com: After struggling for years to have children the McCrea family ...

Simple Craigslist precautions ensure a fun — and safe — website exchange - Denver Post
15 May 2012, 10:54 am
Like childbirth or a Las Vegas vacation, no one comes away from buying or selling something on Craigslist without a story. The website that started in 1995 as one man's mode of sharing announcements and party invites with friends is now one of ...