EstDomains Challenges ICANN De-Accreditation
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Registrar says convicted president resigned in July.
Domain registrar EstDomains might remain an accredited domain registrar after all.
Yesterday Domain Name Wire reported that EstDomains received a notice of termination from Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN cited the conviction of EstDomains’ president Vladimir Tsastsin for credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery in February as the reason for the termination.
The company claims that Tsastsin resigned his position back in June, so the reasoning for ICANN’s termination is invalid. ICANN has issued a stay while it considers the matter. EstDomains will retain its accredited status during review.
For his part, Tsastin is appealing the conviction.
I wonder if ICANN used the conviction as a termination reason because it was the easiest way to terminate EstDomains. The registrar faces allegations of harboring spam houses and malware distributors, but it would be harder to prove these things and find a way to terminate under ICANN’s accreditation agreement. It’s kind of like locking up a mobster on tax charges rather than murder.
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Tags: estdomains, icann
[...] Update: EstDomains is appealing the conviction saying Tsastsin resigned from his position in June, thus making ICANN’s reason for termination invalid. Also, Tsastsin is appealing his convictions of fraud, money laundering, and document forgery. EstDomains will retain its accrediated status until further review. [via Domain Name Wire] [...]
[...] Update: EstDomains is appealing the conviction saying Tsastsin resigned from his position in June, thus making ICANN’s reason for termination invalid. Also, Tsastsin is appealing his convictions of fraud, money laundering, and document forgery. EstDomains will retain its accrediated status until further review. [via Domain Name Wire] [...]
[...] Update: EstDomains is appealing the conviction saying Tsastsin resigned from his position in June, thus making ICANN’s reason for termination invalid. Also, Tsastsin is appealing his convictions of fraud, money laundering, and document forgery. EstDomains will retain its accrediated status until further review. [via Domain Name Wire] [...]
[...] the tiltle posted in Policy & Law by Andrew: I wonder if ICANN used the conviction as a termination reason because it was the easiest [...]
[...] Update: EstDomains is appealing the conviction saying Tsastsin resigned from his position in June, thus making ICANN’s reason for termination invalid. Also, Tsastsin is appealing his convictions of fraud, money laundering, and document forgery. EstDomains will retain its accrediated status until further review. [via Domain Name Wire] [...]
[...] easier way to terminate EstDomains, by citing the conviction of its CEO on cybercrimes. EstDomains challenged the termination by saying that the CEO had already stepped down from his position at the company. But this week [...]