The Federal Government today announced they had shut down and indicted the founders and operators of Liberty Reserve, a digital currency operation running out of Costa Rica. The founder of the Liberty Reserve Arthur Budovsky , has been arrested in Spain on money-laundering charges. The Feds allege that the operation was a $6 billion money-laundering scheme. Authorities say the network … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2013
UDRP Filed On HarryHenien.com & YoussryHenien.com Which Have A BIG Warning
I just noticed two pretty unusual UDRP for the domain names HarryHenien.com and Youssryhenien.com I did a quick Google search and found that a there is a Harry Henien out of the UAE that represents himself to be some sort of financial guru: "Internationally educated and experienced in the global financial market, Harry Henien leverages his expertise on behalf of financial services firm in … [Read more...]
OnlineBaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks For 12 Years Lost in UDRP
Baccarat SA of Baccarat, France just won a UDRP on the domain name onlinebaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks of San Diego, California which may have been owned by the domain holder for as many as 12 years. At the end of the day, the domain holder couldn't prove to the panel satisfaction that they owned the domain name continuously since it moved to privacy a number of years back. The other … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Denies Claim On JoanCollins.com: Not Enough Evidence That It Was The Real Joan Collins
The decision has been published in the JoanCollins.com UDRP case and basically the panel found the Complainant and/or its representative did a lousy job in the proceeding. The panel seemed as it would have ruled had the complainant been the real Joan Collins and had they pleaded their case properly with providing supporting evidence which they panel found they did not. The one member panel … [Read more...]
Accomodation.com & Kosher.com Go Up For Sale
Two one word domain names have hit the resale market, Pixel Capital is putting up for sale a package of premium domains including accommodation.com. The premium package offered by Pixel Capital includes accommodation.com; accommodation.net and accommodation.co.uk. The deal even has the common mis-spellings of the word accommodation covered. According to Pixel Capital "We are already in … [Read more...]
Famous Four’s DotHealth Creates Governance Council To Provide Imput On .Health
Dot Health Limited which is a Famous Four's application to operate the new .Health top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the creation of a Governance Council that will allow the world health community to provide input on the .Health TLD. The Governance Council will be called upon to monitor, advise, and recommend best practices for the .Health gTLD. It is expected that the … [Read more...]
Singapore To Require Verification Of Owners For .Sg ccTLD Domains
Beginning May 2013, the Singapore domain registry will require verification of domain name owners. This comes as a result of previous cases of identity theft and fake identities being used when registering .SG domain names. The new procedure will apply for both second level .SG domains and third level .COM.SG names. .SG domains are semi-restricted. While there are no restrictions on the … [Read more...]