“In our effort to redress the injuries inflicted on us we came to appreciate how undeveloped this area of the law is, and how victims of domain theft face an unmarked and totally uphill battle to get a remedy. Today’s sentencing helps to define a path for other victims and law enforcers to follow, and reinforces the likelihood that the theft of a domain can and will be prosecuted.” (July 22, 2011; Sentencing of Goncalves to 5 years in prison for stealing domain name)
– Albert Angel, Victim of Domain Theft in Goncalves Case as well as an Attorney and Former Dept. of Justice Prosecutor

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Domain Thieves Profit Off Stolen Domain Name of the World Religious Travel Association (Stolen Property: ReligiousTravelAssociation.com)

In 2010, Domain thieves/custodians of the stolen domain name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) utilized Bodis.com to "park" the stolen domain name and profit off the stolen property. The rightful owner of the stolen domain was the World Religious Travel Association.

As the stolen domain name ReligiousTravelAssociation.com was a top Google search result for phrases such as "religious travel", it remained a very valuable domain that could be monetized (produce financial gain/revenues) even as just a "parked" domain name.
Prior to theft of its company domain name and website, the World Religious Travel Association had financially invested thousands of dollars in its company domain name which garned it a top Google search ranking and served as the association's "storefront" for selling its products and services (memberships, events, etc.) along with utilization of the domain's corresponding email addresses and communications. 
Subsequent to domain thieves stealing ReligiousTravelAssociation.com and being unsuccessful in extorting the World Religious Travel Association and its president to pay monies to reclaim the stolen domain name, the thieves then found new ways to profit off the stolen property.
Due to the ongoing theft of its company domain name/website by thieves, as well as the theft of the company's emails, database and other assets - the World Religious Travel Association was forced to file bankruptcy in January 2011 with liabilities exceeding $350,000.
To date, those responsible for theft of the World Religious Travel Association's domain name, emails, database, and other rightful assets - while also profiteering off of these same stolen assets - have not been brought to justice yet as of this writing. This website is dedicated to seeking to bring the thieves to justice.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR?
Image #1
+ This screenshot shows the stolen domain name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com) having #1 Google search ranking for the popular search phrase "religious travel".  Domain thieves were able to profit off this stolen property and top search ranking by using a parking domain service that pays revenues to domain holder.

Image #2-4
+ These three screenshots provide insight into how domain holders can earn revenues and financial gain by "parking" a popular domain.

Images #5-7
+ The final three images show domain records regarding the stolen property of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com. It confirms nameservers, etc., as Bodis.com (Images #5-7) and Fabulous.com (Image #7).









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