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> federal prosecutors in South Carolina, who in May 2019 filed criminal wire fraud charges against Golestan, alleging he’d orchestrated a network of shell compa
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
> federal prosecutors in South Carolina, who in May 2019 filed criminal wire fraud charges against Golestan, alleging he’d orchestrated a network of shell companies and fake identities to prevent ARIN from knowing the addresses were all going to the same buyer.
So the sentence is for the "Scheme", not the "IP Address".
This is pretty unclear if you have only read the title.
- ganoushoreilly 3y agoWhat's crazy is this story went even further than what's been disclosed. He had working relations with know scammers/crime groups in the Middle east. If you want to read about how crazy this guy was, read the court docs for his divorce.. To say he was a piece of work is an understatement. Edit: There's also numerous cases ongoing for fraud relating to loans / purchases under these companies. One of the things he did was buy dormant LLCs around the US so they'd have logenvity making it easier to secure loans. Source: Worked with a National Paper on the story back when it started.
- saghm 3y agoYeah, my initial reading of the headline was that they were being sentenced to be stuck in some IP address scheme for 5 years; I assumed it was a joke about a CEO making a mistake that locked the company into some suboptimal state.