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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

| | American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, spamhaus, Web Fraud 2.0
Amir Golestan, the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. based technology company Micfo LLC, has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Golestan's sentencing comes nearly two years after ...
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Tech CEO Pleads to Wire Fraud in IP Address Scheme

Tech CEO Pleads to Wire Fraud in IP Address Scheme

| | African Network Information Centre, AFRINIC, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ron Guilmette, Sherri Lydon, spamhaus, Stephen Ryan
The CEO of a South Carolina technology firm has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of wire fraud in connection with an elaborate network of phony companies set up to obtain more than ...
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The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

| | 8chan, 8kun, A Little Sunshine, American Registry for Internet Numbers, ARIN, Jim Watkins, N.T. Technology Inc., Ne'er-Do-Well News, QAnon, Ron Guilmette, The Coming Storm
Some of the world's largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based ...
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A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

| | American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, John Levine, Micfo, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Sherri Lydon, Stephen Ryan, The Coming Storm, The Internet for Dummies
In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days ...
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