Sex.com Hijacker Captured in Mexico

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 28, 2005 @01:15AM from the longest-slashdot-story-evar dept.

Revvy wrote to mention that Stephen Cohen has finally been brought to justice. From the article: "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. Cohen, who had been living in a Tijuana mansion, was arrested on an immigration violation by Mexican authorities and turned over to agents of the U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Marshals Service, according to Deputy Marshal Tania Tyler."

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Re:And? by Hrvat · 2005-10-28 01:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

Erm... Imagine you're working on a particular brand name. Then someone comes and hijacks your website. So whoever goes to (formerly) your website generates profit for the hijacker.

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Im thinking... by Javi0084 · 2005-10-28 02:10 · Score: 0, Redundant

that he stopped paying bribes to the Federales and thats why he got busted.