CHICAGO WLS -- Big money apps that some call glorified prostitution match older men willing to pay women's college tuition or underwrite their high-dollar lifestyles in exchange for companionship.
And some tell the I-Team that, many times, it's more than just a date. Millions of young women, including 75, in Chicago, and men interested in financial dating are "seeking sugar" on a handy app. He was a doctor. He was from a different state. He would fly me out there," said Sophie Delaney, a Seeking Arrangement member. Delaney, which is her web name on the site, is a year-old Northeastern Illinois University student. She said most of her tuition has been covered by a "sugar daddy" she met through the app.
Her family has never found out about her investment dating. Burgoyne, a licensed psychologist, said she believes people are using these types of sites to solve their problems, economic or psychological. Those secret motives are a growing concern to law enforcement. Chief Mike Anton. One California woman is serving six years in prison for the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes after the two met on Seeking Arrangement, prosecutors said. Seeking Arrangement's Facebook page posts articles on the best apps for sending money and gives tips on allowances, leading many to wonder if this is simply prostitution.
It's a possibility, you're talking about money. But it's kind of a gray area right now," Anton said. The Seeking Arrangement website states it is not an escort service and does not support prostitution.
Local law enforcement agencies told the I-Team they have not received any criminal complaints about the business.
