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Originally Posted by Shap
ADG I'd love to know all the details as well but they are a private company. They really don't owe us anything. Do they? If you, myself or anyone else is unhappy with them then the answer is to not do business with them.
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They do not deserve a free pass from the industry for what havoc they have wreaked over the past few years.
It is precisely because people didn't/don't ask or care (or more importantly, do anything about it), that we find the industry in the current state that it is in.
The people that have tried to profit off of all this shady business, by buying ads for their dating service, cam shows, pill sites, etc, deserve some of the blame as well, as do some companies that have been co-opted into providing their content in exchange for small links back to their site (amidst a sea of competing ads).
I guess ignorance is bliss to some...
Most honest private corporations do not have a problem listing their management team, board of directors, or even investors - many place this info on their web site.
That a company so big has to be so secretive (particularly about who it's principals are) is plenty of cause for concern, and should be a red flag to people throughout the industry, and to the authorities.
I'm frankly not surprised that money-laundering came up in the Federal government action against Mansef, since Mansef seems like a good place to hide/move money. As the investigation progresses, and if Mansef is forced to explain it's operations, I think things will get a lot uglier for them as well as some of the other people and companies associated with them.
ADG