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

From: Mel Beckman via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:57:04 +0000

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-address-scheme/

And a statement from ARIN: https://www.arin.net/blog/2023/10/16/micfo-golestan-sentencing/

Current thread:

Amir Golestan sentenced to 5 years in prison for IP theft scheme goemon--- via NANOG (Oct 17)
- Re: Amir Golestan sentenced to 5 years in prison for IP theft scheme Mel Beckman (Oct 17)
  - Re: Amir Golestan sentenced to 5 years in prison for IP theft scheme Owen DeLong via NANOG (Oct 17)
    - Re: Amir Golestan sentenced to 5 years in prison for IP theft scheme Mel Beckman via NANOG (Oct 18)