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ICANN May Act Against RegisterFly
1sockchuck writes "ICANN says it will terminate RegisterFly's accreditation as a domain registrar if the company can't fix its problems within 15 days. The edict comes with RegisterFly in chaos and current management blaming a departed executive for its woes. The situation is complicated by the fact that RegisterFly sold some of its domains through a reseller agreement with eNom, and others using its own accreditation."
There is always one jerk ready to ruin a company to further his own goals and ambitions. They want power more than they want the company to succeed.
Avoid the fate of this company and fire him early.
icann - the greatest organization ever to democratically determine our great internet. Bah
Troll me now.
Isn't it a nice coincidence that, despite all the troubles Registerfly's had, the only time ICANN stepped in and did anything was when they were owed money?
This of course does nothing for those of us who will expire out of the grace period before 15 days.
I think its just me, but I just don't "trust" my webhost provider ordering my domain for me. Heck, its still hard for me to trust GoDaddy, even if they are a resonable provider, just because the name dosn't sound profesional
Bleh, I am not hip anymore.
The article says that Register Fly started issuing SSL certs in November, however I have one that we bought in March 2006 and I had an older one from them for a personal site.
Not that SSL is where their issues are anyway, but I thought that I'd mention it.
Dyndns is the answer to all your problems.
So what happens to the domains when Register Fly goes under? Will you be able to freely get them them through other companies?
Bye, bye, old RegisterFly.
Took my addy to the webby,
but the webby was dry.
Just wondering.
A combination of Shutterfly and National Cash Register?
A computer architecture with virtual registers?
A Department of Motor Vehicles for helicars?
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
... and those corporate whores have piles of money sky high
singing, "it's so fun to make users cry"
yeah, it's fun to make our customers cry.
.fuckedbyregisterfly
I paypaled registerfly yesterday to add funds to my account. As of today the funds have not showed up in my account. I have support tickets open but nothing, and I have domains soon to expire. Posting this so that others may know the dangers of giving them money.
MySpace and GoDaddy Shut Down Security Site
GoDaddy Caves To Irish Legal Threat
GoDaddy Holds Domains Hostage
Some slashdotters talk about the Godaddy registering domains that were being browsed here
As can be seen on RegisterFlies, it appears that some of the officers at RegisterFly are trying to fix the problems. The new CEO claims to have put in all his private assets to make this work.
There is some skeptisism in the forums because people aren't seeing immediate results. Well fair enough. BUT.
There's something that bothers me a lot more though.
Assuming that RegisterFlies doesn't make all this stuff up, then the other officers (John & Glen) keep on making very strong allegations towards Kevin Medina. (e.g. from the official statement by the new CEO John: "Mr. Medina is a selfish, cold hearted, self loving, criminal.") Well, I don't know much about the legal system, but I would suspect that any lawyer would give you the strongest advice not to even mention the guy's name until all lawsuits have been settled. I mean this is just asking for counter libel/slander (whatever the proper word is) suits.
If you just put all your private assets into a company, why would you make it susceptible to that?
Next, if you read the forums, people have sustained extremely serious damage. Kevin Medina may have been causing all this, a court will have to decide, but it's very likely that some very hefty lawsuits will be filed against RegisterFly by their customers (and not Kevin Medina, their contract is with RF after all). Why would anyone invest all they have into a company that is set up for this sort of trouble?
If John and Glen are doing what is being reported on RegisterFlies, then all the power to them. I hope for them it works out, but I'm sorry to say that it's hard to see a positive future for RegisterFly.
After receiving over 5,000 spams a day (for months) referencing domains regsitered by registerfly.com, I gave up being nice and asking for the contact information of the scum sending these eMails. I began a war on their customer service, sales, and tech support accounts. I'm responsible for at least 5,000 spams being delivered to them daily, and will continue to do so until they are out of business.
Andy Out!
I use Network Solutions, even though the cost is a little bit higher, because they don't have a stupid name or waste millions on Super Bowl ads, but they provide consistent quality service. Lately, however, they've been adding more and more advertising and "services" to their domain registration, so I'm not sure whether I want to stick with them or not.
Comment of the year
Not to mention that their flyservers were shut down due to the severe weather in the NJ area (or so their cust supp ppl say)
--AD
Has anybody been able to transfer their domain out of RF after this? I have 3 domains with RF as registrar (not eNom), one due to expire within 60 days.
Doesn't the original registrar need to approve the transfer? Thanks.
First: Kevin has hacked back into RegisterFly and has redirected the merchant account and is fucking with the data. Do not, repeat, do NOT put any transactions through to renew, purchase, or transfer domains at this time.
Second: I submitted two stories on this, with much greater detail, literally within minutes of the events taking place. This story is behind and incomplete.
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
DO NOT SUBMIT TRANSACTIONS TO REGISTERFLY RIGHT NOW!!!
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Breaking news: Registerfly allegedly hacked by Mr. Medina:
http://registerflies.com/hacked-send-no-money.htm
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
From Registerflies:
CEASE ALL TRANSACTIONS WITH REGISTERFLY!
Written by Administrator
Friday, 23 February 2007
Site Hacked and Data Corrupted
Attention everyone. I just received confirmation that the Registerfly site has currently been hacked into and taken over by Kevin Medina in the Florida office. I was asked to put this up here due to the amount of customers that are sending money. At this moment, they are trying to get police in Florida to arrest Kevin immediately.
I'm relaying a message that they have asked me to put up on here. They have lost control of even the site and are locked out of the system. The data has been corrupted but they do have a back up and are scrambling to get this situation resolved.
Your support forms on this site will be held right now and forwarded when we know the proper management team has control of the data.
This is only what I've been told and this is currently the only medium of communication that the current management of Registerfly has. More updates soon.
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
From http://registerflies.com/component/option,com_joom laboard/Itemid,26/func,view/id,828/catid,2/
KEVIN'S INFO - 2007/02/23 11:32 Kevin's Address:
450 Alton Road
Unit #4002
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Kevin's Bank:
Citibank, N.A. BR. #46
401 Arthur Godfrey Road
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Kevin's Landlord:
Jose Frias
90 ALTON RD #TH-11
MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139
josefrias@mac.com
01158212 234 7003 or cell 01158 416 8213853
Kevin's building:
The ICON: 305-695-6910
Board@iconsouthbeach.com
Kevin's Mother :
Miriam Medina
1-732-679-7984
2D Linden Court
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
miriammedina@earthlink.net
Kevin's 18 year old BOYfriend:
Neil Frias
239-878-4059
http://www.myspace.com/petthemonkey
Neil's Mother: dearmasr@aol.com
James Max Miller (Prostitute):
jmaxmiller@gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/jmaxmiller
917-763-2893 (from cell phone records)
Judge Peter Sheridan Civil Action No: 07-703 (Will not issue a restraining order to block Kevin Medina until March 9th)
Kevin's Supposed Lawyer:
52 Upper Montclair Plaza (Upper Montclair)
Montclair, New Jersey 07043
Telephone: 973-744-4000
Fax: 973-783-1524 Loading... No message is selected
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Miriam has an alternate email address. It is: ely@iglou.com
Open letter to Ms. Medina:
cc also: slashdot.org readers
registerflies.com readers
Hello Miriam,
PLEASE talk to your son Mr. Medina and convince him to not hold domains hostage at RegisterFly.com
As you are probably aware, the business he founded with John is the lifeblood of the Internet, providing what is essentially street addresses in the electronic world.
He was doing a fantastic job until recently.
See, recently he has apparently decided that certain domain names were worth more than the agreed-upon price, and allegedly has been conducting back-room deals with other registrars to take paying customers' internet addresses (consider it virtual real estate, but vital to many small business owners' livelihoods), has been hijacking these addresses and then allegedly selling them to other registrars for more than the price he contracted to give it to the original owner for.
It is akin to my taking your apartment, keeping your condo which you prepaid condominium association fees a year or more, kicking you out on the street, and then giving that apartment to someone else. Now, you did nothing wrong to lose that condo, and in fact, that condo which you OWNED has now been stolen by a condominium association and sold to someone else.
I tried calling you because I have been trying in vain to get in contact with Mr. Medina because I am losing domain names of which my company is the registered owner. I have proof that we have paid for these domains, I have proof of ownership of these domains, however, your son Mr. Medina has stolen my property.
I know many other people are trying to call you as well. The reason is this: your son has put many thousands of small businesses into jeopardy. Some business owners are stressed to the point of considering suicide, some are angered to the point of violence, and some are so stressed they have become physically ill. I am one of those who is physically ill; I am suffering from a stress-induced migraine, my stomach is upset, and I am praying that Kevin spends an eternity in Hell. Yes, I know that is a decidedly un-Christian thing to say, but I not only have two domains I am in imminent danger of losing, but we have also lost control of domains we manage for many of our clients, all due to your son's grudge and greed.
I beg you to please talk some sense into your son. He is allegedly guilty of the following crimes:
- Illegally accessing computer networks
- Interfering in interstate commerce
- committing credit fraud
These crimes fall under the jurisdiction of the FBI and the Secret Service of The united States of America. He is going out of his way to hurt small businesses such as mine because of his ego and personal grudge against John Naruszewicz and Glenn Stansbury.
Now, there is well more than sufficient evidence for John Naruszewicz and Glenn Stansbury to put him behind bars for many years.
I am asking you to PLEASE talk some sense into him. I realize you will be losing him to Federal prison for a very long time, however, he does not have to continue his grudge by damaging RegisterFly's database; He is directly affecting tens of thousands of businesses around the world by doing this. I have lost a week's worth of work because of your son's actions, and I ask you to please, please contact him and tell him to KNOCK IT OFF.
Please consider talking to him. I am sick of losing sleep because of the actions of a man I do not even know.
I thank you kindly on behalf of tens of thousands of small business owners because I know you will do the right thing and talk some sense into your son.
Respectfully,
Kimberly Lazarski
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
http://registerflies.com/official-statement-from-r egisterfly-2.html
Search for "kevinm" which appears to be kevin, and the logged IP traceroutes to southern Florida
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Ms. Medina responds!
her reply:
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 20:08 -0500, Miriam Medina wrote:
This is harrassment for you to bother an old lady who is ill with diabetes.
> If you don't stop this harrassment I shall report you to the authorities. I
> am not connected to this company!
>
To which I responded:
I tried calling you only ONE time. That is NOT harassment. I merely
called in vain effort to contact Mr. Medina in good faith as I have paid
for domains and he has stolen my property and is doing nothing to
restore it.
if you are being hounded by many other callers, I cannot help that. I
merely called one time trying to find SOME way to speak with Kevin to
convince him to correct a matter which is harming many, many, many small
businesses and disrupting interstate commerce.
Best regards,
Kimberly Lazarski
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
This is Neil Frias and I have a few words to say about this debacle. First off, I am not kevin's boyfriend he is my boss. Second, why does my information need to be listed on here? I have no affect on the company. Third, as I read all these posts I sit here and say to myself "John your are very, very desperate". All of the issues created are all due to the ill willed John N. He has attempted to Fraudulently takeover the company, blocked all access to our servers, and funds. RIght now Kevin Medina and his legal counsel are working hard to get all the issues resolved. But somebody stop John before it affects everyone. All of this for what? because John is pissed that he got dumped having being in a relationship with Kevin Medina after ten years. So enough of the personal bullshit lets get back to buissness and the customers we serve. I extend my apology to all of Registerfly.com customers. Sincerly, Neil Frias
She's an utter fool. I called in good faith to try to find someone who can contact Kevin. That is NOT harassement, regardless of what she may think.
Oh well. Phone records will show only one call was made.
From: Miriam Medina
To: Kimberly Lazarski
Subject: Re: Please read this
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:46:45 -0500
This is harrassment since you admitted calling me. Leave me alone.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimberly Lazarski"
To: "Miriam Medina"
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: Please read this
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 20:08 -0500, Miriam Medina wrote:
> This is harrassment for you to bother an old lady who is ill with
> diabetes.
> If you don't stop this harrassment I shall report you to the authorities.
> I
> am not connected to this company!
I tried calling you only ONE time. That is NOT harassment. I merely
called in vain effort to contact Mr. Medina in good faith as I have paid
for domains and he has stolen my property and is doing nothing to
restore it.
if you are being hounded by many other callers, I cannot help that. I
merely called one time trying to find SOME way to speak with Kevin to
convince him to correct a matter which is harming many, many, many small
businesses and disrupting interstate commerce.
Best regards,
Kimberly Lazarski
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
Look,
That information is largely public information available through phone books and similar media. I tried in vain to get through to Kevin all week, and came across that info posted elsewhere, so I did a copy and paste of that information (verbatim, byte for byte) and posted it here to help the thousands of other RegisterFly customers who are otherwise left powerless over their web presence(s).
Aside from that:
Based on what has gone on publicly, based on the fact that it is John and Glenn who met with ICANN to address the issues, not Kevin, and based on Kevin's total silence on the issue, I tend to believe John and Glenn.
However, more importantly:
Customers (including myself) DO NOT CARE who is right and who is wrong.
We simply want our domains to be secure . To be paid up on domains, see them as current in our Account Control Panel, only to do a whois and spot that two are in pendingDelete status is frustrating, to put it politely.
Kevin or John or Glenn or YOU need to address this issue and reclaim these domains from us. I do not care WHO is at fault; I only care that right now I have a problem caused by YOU (read: RegisterFly, not you personally) and that the problem be resolved immediately, and I think I speak for every RegisterFly customer when I say this.
I managed to get the majority of our domains OUT before it was too late, but some of them are STUCK at RF. My only regret is that six months ago I didn't have more of a backbone, and I let my partners talk me out of moving them out when I wanted to. I admit I'm partial to RF's GUI since it gives us total control with less hunting around than other registrars, but when I saw the writing on the wall back then, I wanted to go back to dotster. My partners asked "what could go wrong? All they do is register domain names for us." Now they know, and now I am sorry I didn't ignore them and move forward with my gut instinct.
Well, now we are where we are, I do not care how we got here, and I have tried every possibly avenue to try to contact Kevin to get this matter resolved. Emails, support tickets, phone calls, and when someone posted info to his mother on RegisterFlies this afternoon, I tried that avenue as well, in a good-faith effort to contact Kevin to try to get him to resolve this issue; to let him know that he is not just spiting Glenn and John, but he is affecting the livelihood of small startups, mom and pop shops, and countless other businesses around the world.
All over egos, greed, and pride.
Thanks Kevin. Thanks John. Thanks, Glenn. Now we have to fight through WIPO at the UN to get our domains back, because you three guys are so busy with your infighting that you are letting we customers flounder, powerless to protect our internet presence. Great job. You have my thanks, really. You're really swell guys.
Some good will come out of this though; RegisterFlies will probably grow into a more general Registrar review and soundboard site. ResellerRatings.com does a lot of good keeping vendors in check and steering consumers away from the crooks and unreliable vendors. A registrar review and customer advocacy site is sorely needed and registerflies will likely be the launching pad for that project.
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Hi Neil;
Puzzle me this - Since there is a court injunction against Kevin, why is he involved with the website???
This seems to be turning into a circus act now. I foresee some long jail sentences for one or more of the principles once the FBI gets involved.
With that said, I think the parent here stepped over the line in posting the personal info with "Boyfriend" and "Prostitute" attached. You may very well be looking at a Libel suit yourself here.
It is also, never appropriate to be posting people's Mother's email accounts, phone numbers, and address to a public forum, no matter what dispute you may have with a person. That is the act of a 12 year old and comes across as very stalker like. Are you really looking for somebody to go beat up his mom?
I have one question. If the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture is not in charge of Gundam, then who is?
Looking for ANY way to get ahold of Kevin to get him to straighten out this mess. He is holding many, many Registerfly customers' domains hostage, and causing many of us to lose our domains.
The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50
OK, I'm a disinterested party with no stake in this matter, and I'm no expert in this area of law. It's evident that you're trying desperately to remedy a bad situation affecting many clients. Regardless, you shouldn't personalize this business matter. At the very least, you need to tighten the reins on your posts and phone calls. While the dissemination of some of the purely factual details that you posted may have been implicitly consented to by the employees in question via earlier events, it's very unlikely that the alleged principal's mother ever gave her consent to have her home privacy invaded on account of her son's job-related actions. You second-guessed yourself briefly but then rationalized your call to her by stating that you only made a single call in the hopes of resolving matters. Fair enough, but you reposeted her contact information... That means many calls for Mama. But more significantly though, you posted claims regarding the nature of the relationship between the alleged principal and some other individuals. Published comments that are false and cause harm to a private individual's reputation pretty much constitutes libel per se. No malice requirement, as with comments about public figures. In any event, you can defend yourself if your writing the truth.
IANAL But your posting his mother's personal information in Bold type to a public forum and then posting email correspondence between you and her to a public forum and then also posting an alternate email address for her, seems to indicate an intent to harrass.
You have also posted potentially Libelous accusations to a public forum against Neil and James. With the implication of their sexual preferences which may fall under Federal Hate crime laws. It seems to me that (again IANAL) that you have done this both personally and in regards to the businesses that you own. So the corporate veil probably won't protect you from legal liabilities both against your person and against the companies you represent.
I think that you had better retain the services of legal counsel, and if your legal counsel is any good, he/she will recommend you cease and desist posting personal information for people who are not officer's or owners of RegisterFly.
I have one question. If the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture is not in charge of Gundam, then who is?
There is no court injunction against kevin. 90 percent of what is being posted on this site and registerflies.com by administrator or john is false. The administrator for registerflies.com is actually johns friend.
I have spoken with the law firm on the docs posted on Registerflies, ICANN may not be doing anything but John & Glenn most deffinately are.