Comments on: $200,000 Sofa.com Domain Name Stolen by Employee http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/06/200000-sofacom-domain-name-stolen-by-employee/ Domain Name Industry News and Views Fri, 25 May 2012 06:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Domain Name Wire » News » Details Emerge on Sofa.com Heist - The Domain Industry's News Source http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/06/200000-sofacom-domain-name-stolen-by-employee/comment-page-1/#comment-227101 Domain Name Wire » News » Details Emerge on Sofa.com Heist - The Domain Industry's News Source Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:18:21 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/06/200000-sofacom-domain-name-stolen-by-employee/#comment-227101 [...] In 2007 it emerged that the sale of Sofa.com for $200,000 in 2005 was not approved by the actual owner of the domain. An employee sold the domain to what is now an online sofa company. He managed to have the buyers wire the money directly to his personal account. (See $200,000 Sofa.com Domain Name Stolen by Employee) [...]

[...] In 2007 it emerged that the sale of Sofa.com for $200,000 in 2005 was not approved by the actual owner of the domain. An employee sold the domain to what is now an online sofa company. He managed to have the buyers wire the money directly to his personal account. (See $200,000 Sofa.com Domain Name Stolen by Employee) [...]

]]> By: Boothie http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/06/200000-sofacom-domain-name-stolen-by-employee/comment-page-1/#comment-88251 Boothie Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:09:53 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/2007/08/06/200000-sofacom-domain-name-stolen-by-employee/#comment-88251 If he was able to permit the transfer of the domain, then it was necessarily his domain to transfer. Anyone who has registered a domain will tell you that there is simply no other possible way to determine a domain's ownership than to ask for the password that was created for it upon its registration, or to have access to the email address to which this password 'reminder' would be sent upon request. If he was able to permit the transfer of the domain, then it was necessarily his domain to transfer. Anyone who has registered a domain will tell you that there is simply no other possible way to determine a domain’s ownership than to ask for the password that was created for it upon its registration, or to have access to the email address to which this password ‘reminder’ would be sent upon request.

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