Amir Golestan sentenced to 5 years in prison for IP theft scheme
So ARIN DB spammers should get at least a year or two, right? :-) -mel via cell
On Oct 17, 2023, at 7:05 PM, goemon--- via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/tech-ceo-sentenced-to-5-years-in-ip-addr...
And a statement from ARIN: https://www.arin.net/blog/2023/10/16/micfo-golestan-sentencing/
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
On Oct 17, 2023, at 19:19, Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
So ARIN DB spammers should get at least a year or two, right? :-)
-mel via cell
On Oct 17, 2023, at 7:05 PM, goemon--- via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/tech-ceo-sentenced-to-5-years-in-ip-addr...
And a statement from ARIN: https://www.arin.net/blog/2023/10/16/micfo-golestan-sentencing/
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@delong.com> wrote:
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
On Oct 17, 2023, at 19:19, Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
So ARIN DB spammers should get at least a year or two, right? :-)
-mel via cell
On Oct 17, 2023, at 7:05 PM, goemon--- via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/tech-ceo-sentenced-to-5-years-in-ip-addr...
And a statement from ARIN: https://www.arin.net/blog/2023/10/16/micfo-golestan-sentencing/
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