Not sure if it is domain news!..........
"An American man has been accused of stealing net addresses worth more than $9m (£7m) by US prosecutors.
Amir Golestan of South Carolina is alleged to have tricked an organisation that controls some net addresses into handing them over.
In total, Mr Golestan won control of more than 750,000 addresses."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48309512
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/05/a-tough-week-for-ip-address-scammers
"An American man has been accused of stealing net addresses worth more than $9m (£7m) by US prosecutors.
Amir Golestan of South Carolina is alleged to have tricked an organisation that controls some net addresses into handing them over.
In total, Mr Golestan won control of more than 750,000 addresses."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48309512
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/05/a-tough-week-for-ip-address-scammers