Amir Golestan sentenced to 5 years in prison for IP theft scheme

Wed Oct 18 07:57:04 UTC 2023

It _is_ interesting that this was an IPv4 black market crime. Think of all the smaller black marketeers dealing in IPv4 trafficking. 

-mel via cell

> On Oct 17, 2023, at 10:09 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
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> Sadly, probably not. AUP violations are a civil, not a criminal matter. Fraud,  OTOH, is a criminal matter.
> 
> In the US, at least, people don’t go to prison for civil matters.
> 
> Owen
> 
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>> On Oct 17, 2023, at 19:19, Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org> wrote:
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>> So ARIN DB spammers should get at least a year or two, right? :-)
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>> -mel via cell
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>>>> On Oct 17, 2023, at 7:05 PM, goemon--- via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org> wrote:
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>>> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/tech-ceo-sentenced-to-5-years-in-ip-address-scheme/
>>> 
>>> And a statement from ARIN: https://www.arin.net/blog/2023/10/16/micfo-golestan-sentencing/
> 