<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear John<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for sharing as there is a lot to learn from this in our region in terms of implications and consequences.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The precedence is very important albeit from a different region.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers</div><div dir="auto">Noah</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, 18:03 John Curran, <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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Yes - reference official press release from US DoJ - <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/tech-company-and-ceo-plead-guilty-twenty-counts-wire-fraud-mid-trial" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/tech-company-and-ceo-plead-guilty-twenty-counts-wire-fraud-mid-trial</a>
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<div>FYI,</div>
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<div>On 17 Nov 2021, at 5:25 PM, Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="auto">FYI, This could be a worthwhile read.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Noah</div>
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From:<span> </span><strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Bill Sandiford</strong><span> </span><span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:bill@sandiford.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bill@sandiford.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021, 00:53<br>
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] IPv4 fraud case ends<br>
To: Mike Burns <<a href="mailto:mike@iptrading.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mike@iptrading.com</a>><br>
Cc: arin-ppml <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>><br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Thanks for this Mike.
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<div>An excellent job by the prosecution, the entire ARIN team, and those that acted as expert witnesses for the prosecution ;)</div>
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<div>Here is another copy of the link:</div>
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<div><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/executive-pleads-guilty-in-internet-address-fraud-case-11637101781?st=yyid20syyvb0mw2&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/articles/executive-pleads-guilty-in-internet-address-fraud-case-11637101781?st=yyid20syyvb0mw2&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink</a></div>
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<div>On Nov 17, 2021, at 4:21 PM, Mike Burns <<a href="mailto:mike@iptrading.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mike@iptrading.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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