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Almost 500 seized domains under the control of the US Marshals Service, a federal law enforcement agency in the United States, have been moved away from the typical parking page. These domains were shut down almost two years ago and were with the Chine...
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December 20, 2020 DomainGang
AliYun, Domain Crime, escorts domains, Seized domains, US Marshals Service
The United States has seized 27 domain names that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unlawfully used to further a global covert influence campaign. According to the US Department of Justice, all 27 domains were being used in violation of U...
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November 5, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, Seized domains, USDOJ
The CFTC charged PaxForex, a foreign exchange trading platform with offering illegal transactions in ether, litecoin and bitcoin. Operating from the domain PaxForex.com, the Forex platform operated from a shell company in St. Vincent and the Grenadines...
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September 29, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, paxforex, PaxForex.com, Seized domains
The US Department of Justice has confiscated three domain names acting as an oil transport front for sponsors of international terrorism. The seizure of the domains involves three front companies: Mobin International, Sohar Fuel, and Oman Fuel, that ar...
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August 29, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, MobinOGP.com, OmanFuel.com, Seized domains, seized servers, SoharFuel.com, terrorism, USDOJ
The Department of Homeland Security has shut down two domain names involved in an online prostitution ring. CityXGuide.com and .net, along with BodyRubShop.com bear the following image: According to the indictment, the web sites’ operator netted ...
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June 19, 2020 DomainGang
Backpage, bodyrubshop.com, cityxguide.com, doj, Domain Crime, human trafficking, Seized domains, seized servers
The domain EKT2.com has been seized by the US Department of Homeland Security. EKT is a Lebanese electronics firm involved in the unlawful exporting of US technology to Syria. “Pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of June 28, 2005, “Blocking ...
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May 14, 2020 DomainGang
Department of Homeland Security, Domain Crime, EKT2.com, Seized domains
In the old days, before your grandma learned how to use Zoom, the original thought crime was the escort sting. An unassuming driver pulls up to a street corner, asks a nearby woman for a “date,” and within seconds, the driver is arrested, t...
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April 29, 2020 DomainGang
CoronaPrevention.org, Coronavirus sting, Covid scams, Domain Crime, homeland security, Seized domains
The Department of Homeland Security Investigations, along with Europol, seized several domain names in 2017. These domains were used to solicit the sale of unlicensed pharmaceuticals, among other violations. It seems that a lot of these domains are now...
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April 11, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, Europol, Seized domains
Federal US authorities (NCIDE) have raided a California vaping business, seizing its domain name Gemstoned.net in the process. The 2017 registration is now displaying a message of domain seizure, as of March 3, 2020: This website has been seized since ...
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March 9, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, domain seizure, Gemstoned, Gemstoned.net, NCIDE, Seized domains
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized almost 390 domains breaking the law; among them is the domain Pornstars.net that was registered in 1997. The domain keywords of these domains relate to sex and escort services, most likely linked to ...
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February 13, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, Federal Bureau of Investigation, pornstar domains, pornstars.net, Seized domains