In message <[email protected]>, John Curran <[email protected]> wrote:
>One cannot predict the behavior of criminals, but we have indeed >demonstrated a very real risk of consequences for attempting such acts. A minute, John, if you please. As I understand it, this guy has now been ordered, by a judge, to give back everything he stole.... except of course for the stuff that he can't give back, because he already fenced it to overseas buyers and thus, THAT stuff apparently... and for reasons that I personally am none too clear on... cannot be retrieved. Is that approximately a correct reading of the current situation? If so, then that's Good. That's very good. And if you and your staff were here, the drinks would be on me. Also, as I understand it, this guy has now been ordered, by a judge, to give you folks something on the order of $350,000.00 USD to fully cover ARIN's legal bills. This is also good, and that's definitely going to make the guy wince. But as I noted earler, in the transcript of the TRO hearing on this matter ARIN's counsel, Steve Ryan, is on record as saying, in effect, that this fraud netted the guy something in excess of $10 million, presumably derived from the sale of the ill-gotten IP blocks that he sold to the Saudis and the Chinese. Math was never my strong suit in school, but isn't $10 million rather a bit more than $350 thousand? In other words, ain't this guy still gonna come out WAAAAAAY ahead on the whole deal, even after he pays ARIN's legal fees? If these are the "consequences" that ARIN is currently dishing out to anyone who engages in this kind of funny business, then I have only one more question: Where do I sign up? I can say without hesitation that *I* would like to be in the receiving end of these kinds of consequences also. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
