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dmaven
10-28-2005, 09:07 AM
Interesting article

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-sex28oct28,0,4207242.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews


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.

Patrick
10-28-2005, 03:54 PM
I was just reading this on Slashdot.org... hopefully they will make an example out of this guy for domain hijacking.

Bashar
10-28-2005, 03:56 PM
another source too http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/they-finally-caught-mr.-sex.com%21_1028057725.htm

he really made lots of money ha?

if he moved to Asia might be hard to track, but good he didnt!

fewcoin
10-28-2005, 04:21 PM
Now, if only the incompetence in the justice system doesn't fail, again.

fewcoin

dmaven
10-28-2005, 06:44 PM
It took a while to catch up to them. I was surprised by the comment the current owner did not make the revenue the guy who stole it did

Maxo
10-29-2005, 04:40 AM
Yes, that comment surprised me as well. I doubt it is true

dmaven
10-29-2005, 07:40 PM
Yes, that comment surprised me as well. I doubt it is true

He may have made that statement as part of his pending litigation for financial pain and suffering.

Dave Zan
10-29-2005, 10:36 PM
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 Kremen
and Cohen see each other face to face. :)

dmaven
11-01-2005, 12:22 AM
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5920092.html



Hopefully a
person out there will have a handycam ready to take videos if and when Kremen
and Cohen see each other face to face. :)

I can see it now, a Steel Cage match, pay per view

Dave Zan
11-01-2005, 12:25 AM
I can see it now, a Steel Cage match, pay per view

Or a UFC match! No holds barred! :D