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Proof: The LAPD busted a secret network of brothels — but hasn’t arrested the owner

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T20:01:00Z","headline":"The LAPD busted a secret network of brothels — but hasn’t arrested the owner","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"latimes","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-08/lapd-secret-brothel-network-bust","v":1}

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SHA-256

1309f93c51e9af88e61b9053fe659f5706376d399611656ed178f2152b76c663

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970529, mined 2026-10-08 20:47 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 20:05 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 20:05 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-1309f93c51e9.json prints 1309f93c51e9af88e61b9053fe659f5706376d399611656ed178f2152b76c663. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-1309f93c51e9.json and headline-1309f93c51e9.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-1309f93c51e9.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.