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

2023-10-18 Thread Mel Beckman via NANOG 
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  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  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  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/
>

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

2023-10-17 Thread Owen DeLong via NANOG 
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  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  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/

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

2023-10-17 Thread Mel Beckman 
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  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/

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

2023-10-17 Thread goemon--- via NANOG 

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/