ICANN Delays Shuttering Of Spam Registrar

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6 commentsThursday, October 30, 2008

ICANN Delays Shuttering Of Spam Registrar

Needs more time

By Mike Sachoff

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced it will delay shutting down EstDomains, an Internet registrar accused of having ties with spammers.

ICANN Delays Shuttering Of Spam Registrar

ICANN sent a letter to EstDomains saying it would pull the company's accreditation on November 12 and transfer the 281,000 domains under its management to another registrar.

ICANN has the authority to revoke a registrar's accreditation if an executive of the company has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor related to financial activities.

EstDomain's president, Vladimir Tsastsin, was convicted of credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery in an Estonian court on February 6, according to ICANN.

EstDomains is arguing that Tsastsin resigned as president in June and that his conviction is on appeal with Estonia's Supreme Court.

CEO Konstantin Poltev wrote in a letter to ICANN stating that EstDomains was not required to notify the organization about its executive changes. EstDomains is trying to keep its accreditation and included a document that showed Tsastin's resignation in June.

ICANN said it is taking more time to assess the merits of the claims and has stayed the termination process.

"ICANN will take all reasonable measures to protect the interests of registrants during the stay period and the subsequent termination process that may follow," ICANN officials said.

News Tags: Spam, ICANN, Legal, Domains

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Mike is a staff writer for WebProNews.

By Darren (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/02/2008 - 09:36

ICANN = EstDomains

I own and run an ISP which also sells website hosting and domain names. My business takes "spamming" very seriously.

I have, on several occasions, had to deal with reported spammers of domain names, and also scam websites. These people are only warned once, and if it happens again, my business would take their domain/website away from them.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 11/02/2008 - 14:43

ICANN's weak as Chinese Tea

If ICANN was worth 2 cents, spamming wouldn't be at the record heights it is today. How many unsuspecting elderly people and intenet newbies have been ripped off and had their identies and banking information stolen because of the blatant and constant Phishing and Scamming that ICANN has simply turned their heads to over the years. I have never heard of ICANN doing anything worth while except collect their paychecks and flap their lips about how they are the regulatory agency.

Well, if they're this big tough regulatory agency, then REGULATE Dammit!!!!
Try contacting them with the Raw Source View info from a recent Phishing scam you get from Bank of America and see how much response you get. NOTHING, all they do is talk big.

ICANN needs to start doing something about these 3 world Ragheads, and that's where most of this crap comes from, and act responsibly for a change. They're as useless as tits on a bull.

ICANN needs to get off the 'ass' and get to work, then we may have less Phishing and Scamming, instead of ICANN whining that that is not in 'Their Department'. BULL!!!!

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