Sex.com Hijacker arrested...

[dgridley]

Four years after dodging a $65-million court judgment by fleeing the country, former online-porn mogul Stephen Michael Cohen was arrested by Mexican authorities in Tijuana and handed over Thursday to U.S. agents.

Cohen, a multiple felon and longtime con man, had been on the run since before 2001, when a judge ordered him to pay a San Francisco entrepreneur for hijacking the Internet address Sex.com. In 1995, Cohen forged a letter to Internet authorities to gain control of the address, which he transformed into a highly profitable site for pornography ads.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...242.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

 

[Kenny]

I'm suprised at the lack of replies to this David.
Thanks for the share.
Peace, kp

Oh, and "...Network Solutions said it couldn't help him...."
w0w, what a shock...

 

[RJ]

Hadn't heard this yet... WOW!

I'd just figured he'd spend the rest of his life in Mexico.

 

[dgridley]

Someone also posted it in Industry News..

 

[Shorty]

He fled to mexico? How cliche! :lol:
At least the domain world is getting more exposure eh? :P

 

[domainprince]

Interesting news...

 

[monRa]

I knew that!
Old news though!
nice he is in Mexico!!!! :ahahha

 

[wasistdas]

Poor Mexico. What is going on there with sex.mx?

 

[tsj5j]

That guy is damn perverted...

Hijack sex.com?

LOL...

 

[Jennifer]

Hadn't heard this yet... WOW!

I'd just figured he'd spend the rest of his life in Mexico.

:hehe: That's probably what he figured too!

Thanks for the news David! :tu:

Jennifer

 

[Wolfman]

I just heard elsewhere (TechDirt) came here to post it, but Dgridley beat me to it :P

 

[faisj]

Four years after dodging a $65-million court judgment by fleeing the country, former online-porn mogul Stephen Michael Cohen was arrested by Mexican authorities in Tijuana and handed over Thursday to U.S. agents.

Cohen, a multiple felon and longtime con man, had been on the run since before 2001, when a judge ordered him to pay a San Francisco entrepreneur for hijacking the Internet address Sex.com. In 1995, Cohen forged a letter to Internet authorities to gain control of the address, which he transformed into a highly profitable site for pornography ads.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...242.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

Thanks for the info...
dgridley

 

[onlinebroker]

lol i never knew they were giving out free domain name in 1994 to anybody who ask for a domain name. Also never knew same person owns match.com and sex.com. I don't know why he doesn't convert sex.com into a paid subscription website rather than affiliate linking website to other porn website.

 

[Smokes Lets Go]

He dosnt own match.com but was the originall owner of the name until he sold it for 50k back in the 90's.

 

[tsj5j]

50K ain't alot...

He might get a higher price if he only sold now.

 

[likemike]

Thanks for posting!

TJ fits the dirt bag!

 

[cvxdes]

What a pervert... sex.com? He must have not been gettin any.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

What a pervert... sex.com? He must have not been gettin any.

I couldn't dissagree more... wouldnt you want the revenue that sex.com generates? Hes a clever guy but dumb for doing what he did... but hes certainly not perverted for doing it.

- Luke

 

[Dave_Z]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5920092.html

Cohen, a fugitive residing in Tijuana, was detained by Mexican authorities when he tried to renew his work permit to operate another Internet pornography site. Mexican authorities, aware that Cohen faced an outstanding arrest warrant in the U.S., turned him over to the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Border Patrol, said Tania Tyler, a deputy marshal and spokesperson for the Marshals Service.

Was he really that foolish to renew his work permit by himself?

Anyway, looks like it's going to be an early trick or treat for Kremen. Hopefully
a person out there will have a handycam ready to take videos if and when he
and Cohen see each other face to face.