Computer whizzkid denies £1.6m internet name scam

Admin · Oct 13, 2005

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/huntingdon/2005/10/12/e3816457-e6e5-42ae-92a3-c1a7cc0eadf6.lpf

meinthecorner · Nov 16, 2005

He got 6 Years.

domaingenius · Nov 16, 2005

Blimey, 6 years !!

DG

ratboy · Nov 16, 2005

Peter Francis-Macrae, nicknamed Weaselboy,

This is not me

meinthecorner · Nov 16, 2005

For those of you who don't live in the East Anglia area, this is the BBC TV East News Bulletin they ran this evening:

http://www.maddogs.co.uk/forum/video/domain_scam.wmv (about 7.2mb)

olebean · Nov 17, 2005

he'll be out in 3 not bad return £533,000 per year!!

EdPhillips · Nov 19, 2005

olebean said:
he'll be out in 3 not bad return £533,000 per year!!

The news article is clear that the police (and probably the Assets Recovery Agency) will be seeking to track and recover some of the money. This will be then be confiscated as the proceeds of crime.

Also, Nominet have said that they want to bankrupt this guy in persuit of over £81,000 in costs that they were awarded by the High Court when they sued him.