Feds Bust Largest On-Line Male Escort Service, Arresting 7 Current, Former Employees

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities busted what they called the largest online male-escort service and arrested seven people allegedly linked to the website Rentboy.com, The New York Times reports.  Authorities arrested the site’s chief executive, Jeffrey Hurant, 50, and six current or former employees. The defendants appeared in Federal District Court in Brooklyn on…

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Justice Department Public Integrity Section Gets New Leader

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department’s powerful Public Integrity section, which investigates politicians and judges, has a new leader, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. U.S. Attorney Jack Smith, who has been a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, brings a wealth of background and knowledge to the position. Smith was a criminal prosecutor, for example, in…

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