The Variety he says: On Friday, July 29, Judge Cormac Carney of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a decision in Fleites v. MindGeek, denying Visa's motion to dismiss that it violated California's Unfair Competition Law. (PDF)
This law prohibits illegal, unfair or fraudulent business practices and any payment practices for child pornography.
In his ruling, Carney ruled that Visa engaged in a criminal conspiracy with MindGeek to monetize child pornography.
Specifically, he stated that:
"Visa knew that MindGeek's sites were making money from child pornography," that there was a "criminal collusion to financially benefit from child pornography that can be inferred from [Visa's] decision to continue to recognize MindGeek as a marketer despite that he allegedly knew that the company was making significant income from child pornography.”
It also states that "the court may conclude that Visa intended to assist MindGeek in generating revenue from child pornography by knowingly providing the tool used to complete the crime."
