I have composed a letter to ICANN Staff requesting the disclosure of a certain document. I would appreciate having this letter placed on the agenda for our next NARALO meeting, and any member feedback to further refine or augment this letter.
In December 2003 DROA agreed to a court order and injunction due to illegal misleading invoices and other violations of the FTC act. Press release and link to complaint and court order: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/12/domainreg.shtm The order was signed on DROA's behalf by Daniel Klemann. In June 2004, the Competition Bureau of Canada, which has a role analogous to the FTC, fined Klemann $40,000 and issued a five year prohibition order for fake renewal invoices. The press release says his company at the time was 1480455 Ontario Incorporated, operating as IROC (Internet Registry of Canada). http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic/site/cb-bc.nsf/en/00262e.html A press release from 2002 says that they also arrested and charged James Tetaka in the yellowbusiness.ca matter described in your letter. In May 2004 he was fined $60,000 and also had a prohibition order. http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic/site/cb-bc.nsf/en/00464e.html http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic/site/cb-bc.nsf/en/01184e.html (three items, one for IROC, two for yellowbusiness) http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic/site/cb-bc.nsf/en/01863e.html (Tetaka fine) Since Klemann and Tetaka both appear to be principals in DROC/DROA, I would expect that the ICANN rules to which you refer in your letter would require disclosure of all of these actions. Incidentally, I have a stack of fake invoices from DROA and Liberty Names (same invoice format, same maildrop) that's about two inches high, with the most recent one having arrived last week. R's, John