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ICANN shuts down Estdomains |
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ernstl writes "
Founded in Estonia, located in Delaware, notorious malware, spammer and fraudster friendly Estdomains is no more. However, it was not the registrant's criminal activities that raised ICANNs flags but the companies own CEO. Vladimir Tsastsin, a 27 year old entrepreneur of estonian background, was recently convicted of credit card fraud, document forgery, and money laundering. He was sentenced to three years in prison by an estonian court, which prompted ICANN to terminate the registrar contract with Estdomains.
ICANN is currently looking for a registrar to take over Estdomains 280.000 gTLD domains.
Notice of termination of registrar agreement (pdf)
ZDnet coverage"
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ESTDomains CEO's Chequered History |
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seekaybee writes "
Vladimir Tsastsin, CEO of ICANN-accredited registrar ESTDomains (currently number 22 out of 250 on URIBL's most abused/abusive registrars list), has a recent past that includes a conviction and three-year sentence in Estonia for a variety of crimes including credit card fraud, document forgery and money laundering.
None of this surprises CERT Estonia team director Hillar Aarelaid, who maintains that Tsastsin long ago ceded control of EstDomains to organized cyber criminals in Russia."
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FCC is Warning Companies with filing fees |
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The Federal Communications Commission is warning companies with filing fees due that there may be some phishy stuff going on. The FCC has gotten some complaints, it announced yesterday, that (ahem) "nongovernment entities" have been trying to "misdirect parties" attempting to fork over their fee money.
"The complainants have alleged that these non-government websites are attempting to collect financial information," the Commission's advisory continues. The discovery appears to have been made by the law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, which sent out an alert over the weekend.
Fiscal year 2008 FCC fees are due by September 25. The correct site for paying on-line is www.fcc.gov/fees/feefiler.html. The agency's statement doesn't disclose the domains of these possible rogue sites, but says that its Inspector General will look into the matter.
That's a good idea, because the FBI warned at the Federal Trade Commission's 2007 Spam Summit that over 200 government Web sites have been compromised by spammers and phishers, some used to "blast out spam," as an FBI agent explained. Of course, setting up a phony government site isn't as serious a compromise as penetrating the actual site itself (although this will not console fee filers who inadvertently send their credit card numbers to crooks).
Story continues...."
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Work-at-home Web sites settle FTC charges |
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Brothers who operated Web sites promising profits from work-at-home businesses have settled charges that they misled customers with false earnings claims, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.
The FTC filed a civil complaint against Eric G. Louie, doing business as Fastcashathome.com, Fastcashathome.homestead.com and Hometypers.com; and Calvin G. Louie, doing business as Moneymakingsecret.homestead.com, Realcashprograms.com, and Dataentrypro.com, in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division, in November 2006. The six Web sites are no longer operating.
The FTC accused the Louie brothers of inflating earnings potential in work-at-home opportunities involving government grants, mystery shopping, online surveys and data entry.
In the settlement, announced Wednesday, the brothers are barred from further marketing work-at-home opportunities.
The settlement also imposes a US$4.9 million judgment that will be suspended if the brothers surrender assets frozen by the court in 2006; proceeds from the sale of two cars, a Lamborghini and a Ferrari; and any tax refunds for tax years 2005 and 2006. The full judgment will be imposed if they fail to meet the terms of the settlement, or if they are found to have misrepresented their financial condition, the FTC said in a press release.
The Louies charged consumers between $47 and $129 to access Web sites that included “money-making secrets," the FTC said. Their advertised programs either did not exist as represented or did not offer quick and easy money with little time or effort as promised, the agency said.
The case was brought as part of Project Fal$e Hope$, an FTC-led effort that targeted bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams. The effort has resulted in more than 100 law enforcement actions by the FTC, the I.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and law enforcement agencies in 11 states.
The IDG News Service is a Network World affiliate."
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