Hey everybody...been lurking around here for a while! I am in the process of setting up a paysite, and was looking into using CC Bill for payments, but I came across this article....
"KYC News, Inc., June 7, 2006
ARIZONA RECORDS REQUIRED IN UK INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WEB-MASTER
UNITED KINGDOM
Andre James Alexander
Investigators in the United Kingdom have requested evidence from an Arizona-based billing company in connection with a criminal investigation into a 50-year-old web-master who is accused of involvement in child pornography web-sites.
Details are contained in an application for permission to collect evidence ? pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom ? that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona on May 19, 2006.
?The Secretary of State for the Home Office, the Central Authority for the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty, has made the instant treaty request in connection with a criminal proceeding by the Cheshire Constabulary and the Crown Prosecution Service.
?The Cheshire Constabulary and Crown Prosecution Service is prosecuting Andre James Alexander for acting as a webmaster for websites used to distribute pornography and child pornography images via the Internet. Alexander collected fees from subscribers of the websites.
?The Cheshire Constabulary is requesting assistance in obtaining billing and financial records from an Arizona billing company that was being used by Alexander.?
The company is CC Bill, of 1501 W. 17th St., Tempe, Arizona, whose custodian of records has been subpoenaed to provide the following: ?Any and all records and documents regarding communication between CC Bill and Andrew James ALEXANDER including the accounts, records and details of method of any payments to Andrew James ALEXANDER identifying any bank accounts to which such payments were made and records in respect of all communications either made from or received by Internet accounts held in respect of the following account names: superteen.co.uk, in2modelling.co.uk, fotostudio.co.uk, teenbeauty.co.uk, in2steph.co.uk, steph-teen-model.co.uk, for the period from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2004.?
At the time of the request for assistance on July 20, 2005, Alexander, of Chester, Cheshire, England, was on bail awaiting a hearing at Chester Crown Court."
I read a while back that they spend a lot of money on compliance...perhaps it is not enough? Are they reliable in light of this?
"KYC News, Inc., June 7, 2006
ARIZONA RECORDS REQUIRED IN UK INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WEB-MASTER
UNITED KINGDOM
Andre James Alexander
Investigators in the United Kingdom have requested evidence from an Arizona-based billing company in connection with a criminal investigation into a 50-year-old web-master who is accused of involvement in child pornography web-sites.
Details are contained in an application for permission to collect evidence ? pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom ? that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona on May 19, 2006.
?The Secretary of State for the Home Office, the Central Authority for the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty, has made the instant treaty request in connection with a criminal proceeding by the Cheshire Constabulary and the Crown Prosecution Service.
?The Cheshire Constabulary and Crown Prosecution Service is prosecuting Andre James Alexander for acting as a webmaster for websites used to distribute pornography and child pornography images via the Internet. Alexander collected fees from subscribers of the websites.
?The Cheshire Constabulary is requesting assistance in obtaining billing and financial records from an Arizona billing company that was being used by Alexander.?
The company is CC Bill, of 1501 W. 17th St., Tempe, Arizona, whose custodian of records has been subpoenaed to provide the following: ?Any and all records and documents regarding communication between CC Bill and Andrew James ALEXANDER including the accounts, records and details of method of any payments to Andrew James ALEXANDER identifying any bank accounts to which such payments were made and records in respect of all communications either made from or received by Internet accounts held in respect of the following account names: superteen.co.uk, in2modelling.co.uk, fotostudio.co.uk, teenbeauty.co.uk, in2steph.co.uk, steph-teen-model.co.uk, for the period from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2004.?
At the time of the request for assistance on July 20, 2005, Alexander, of Chester, Cheshire, England, was on bail awaiting a hearing at Chester Crown Court."
I read a while back that they spend a lot of money on compliance...perhaps it is not enough? Are they reliable in light of this?
ICQ:282-072-512
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