“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

Monday, September 3, 2012

May 2010 Screenshots of Websites Pointing to Stolen Domain Name (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com)

1. Theft of the World Religious Travel Association's domain name, emails and related company assets had a devastating impact on the organization, ultimately forcing WRTA to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy in January 2011.

2. Theft of the company's domain name and website impacted WRTA in many ways including lost sales and revenue.

3. The following is just one of the many ways in which WRTA was impacted by the theft of its official company website:

+ Numerous organizations, media articles, business websites, etc., featured and/or promoted the domain name of ReligiousTravelAssociation.

+ However, due to theft of the domain name, when potential customers, clients, media, etc., saw the domain name featured on other websites and subsequently clicked on it, they were not brought to a website featuring official content of the World Religious Travel Association - but instead, brought to a (stolen) website featuring and promoting content posted by domain thieves.

+ WRTA lost the subsequent business, sales and revenue of these potential customers, clients, etc., as well as media opportunities, interviews, etc.



WHAT TO LOOK FOR?

The images below show various screen shots taken in May 2010 of organizations featuring and promoting the official website and domain name of the World Religious Travel Association (ReligiousTravelAssociation.com).

May 2010 is significant because the stolen domain name had now been in the possession of domain thieves for nearly 2 years. Initial theft of the domain name took place in 2008 and permanent theft in 2009 (domain thieves replaced content on the website with their own content in June 2009).

As of today's writing (Sep 3, 2012), the domain thieves have not yet been brought to justice. This website is dedicated to seeking a criminal investigation by the FBI of those responsible for committing theft of the World Religious Travel Association's domain name, emails, email accounts, trade secrets, database and other related company assets.













Domain theft of ReligiousTravelAssociation.com
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