Originally Posted by RawAlex

Typically, prosecutors won't move on outside parties in this sort of thing because the charges would be based solely on the obscenity charge. As that isn't a slam dunk sort of a case and is potentially a Supreme Court candidate in the long run they won't want to tie themselves up in more legal actions that they can't truly handle. If (big IF) they can prove the obscenity, then the affiliates and the processors are still there to talk to in the long run.

Without details on the "money laundering" it is hard to say. Laundering is the basic process of taking ill got gains and turning it into apparently legally obtained money. As an example, selling drugs and running a pizza shop, and adding drug sales money into the pizza business bank account, making it look like the pizza business made it would be a laundering. Using ill got gains to purchase goods and reselling them is another way, or moving that money through multiple bank accounts. If the funds of the "illegal" business have mingled with funds of other businesses, then there is the potential for this sort of charge.

IMHO (again, not a lawyer, I just read a whole bunch) this has been done to create a more "slam dunk" case that isn't quite so dependant on the obscenity charges directly, but more of things like running an adult business in areas not zoned for adult or even the prostitution charges. My feeling is that the DA is more interested in running these guys out of business and seizing all their assets rather than making a direct obscenity case (that they could potentially lose).