First Criminal Prosecution for Domain Name Theft

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by edw519 • 17 years ago

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vaksel• 17 years ago

3 things I found interesting in this article:

a) an NBA player investing into domains

b) a major domain investor who makes millions is using AOL

c) the arrogance of the thief who didn't even try to cover up his tracks. I mean how stupid must you be, to transfer a domain to your own godaddy account and to also add the extra papertrail by linking your paypal account to the theft.

jacquesm• 17 years ago

Most thieves are pretty arrogant, most of them absolutely never expect to get caught. If thieves were good at probability then they'd make their living in a decent way.

rawr• 17 years ago

You forgot "apparently enough things happen to justify a news site dedicated solely to domain names"

mcantor• 17 years ago

I have to wonder how Goncalves felt when the police came to arrest him. Did he accept it with stone-faced, expectant, but tortured resolve? Or was he shocked, jaw agape, as his panicked brain played "How could they have found me," on repeat? Or perhaps he was surprised not that they found him, but that anyone other than the Angels even cared. The officer who showed up after the original report didn't know what a "domain" even was. Did the arresting officer? "You're under arrest for... er... well, you're under arrest. For... the internet." I wish I had been a fly on the wall for that moment.

First Criminal Prosecution for Domain Name Theft

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