Judge Orders Company to Stop Posing as Domain Registrar

A federal judge has ordered members of a Canadian operation to stop posing as domain-name registrars in scams that collected more than $4.26 million in bogus renewal fees from unsuspecting consumers, small businesses, and non-profits. U.S. District Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. of the Northern District of Illinois also issued judgments of $4.26m against defendants Steven E. Dale, Isaac Benlolo, Kirk Mulveney, Pearl Keslassy, and a company called 1646153 Ontario.