Domain Registration Related News
Man accused of 1.5m Web scams
October 2005
A UK man on trial this week over alleged death threats had
separately obtained over 1.5m through a series of online scams, the
court heard on Tuesday.
Peterborough Crown Court was told by the prosecution that Peter
Francis-Macrae had tricked thousands of people into sending him money
to register a .eu domain name on their behalf. Francis-Macrae is also
alleged to have sent letters to people whose domain names were about
to expire, demanding a renewal fee.
According to The Times, at its height the .eu scam brought in 200,000
per month, while the domain registration letters accrued some
600,000.
Francis-Macrae is charged with making threats to kill against two
women and a man, threatening to destroy or damage property by claiming
he would burn down Cambridgeshire trading standards department,
blackmail, fraudulent trading and transferring criminal property or
money laundering. He denies the charges.
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