(fwd) AlterNIC founder faces extradition

[Bob Allisat <tor@wtv.net>]

> AlterNIC founder faces extradition 
>
>By Janet Kornblum
>November 11, 1997, 6:40 p.m. PT 
> 
>AlterNIC founder Eugene Kashpureff will face an extradition
>hearing in Toronto, Canada, tomorrow morning. 
> 
>Kashpureff, arrested on Halloween by the Royal Canadian
>Mounted Police under the provisions of the immigration act, was
>ordered released today by immigration authorities and
>immediately rearrested, said his attorney, William R. Gilmour. 
> 
>"He never got out of jail," Gilmour said. "He's being returned to
>court tomorrow morning for an extradition hearing." 
> 
>Kashpureff is facing federal charges of wire and computer fraud,
>according to an FBI warrant. 
> 
>If he is extradited to the United States, he will face federal 
>charges for hijacking InterNIC's URL. In what Kashpureff called a
>protest, he modified the master database that acts as a phone
>directory for the Internet so that many surfers trying to get to
>"www.internic.net" instead landed at "www.alternic.net," the
>home page for the organization Kashpureff founded. On that page
>was information about AlterNIC's goals, as well as a link back to
>InterNIC. 
> 
>While he earned some enemies for the hack, others argue that the
>charges far outweigh the damage he did. 
> 
>The FBI argues that he caused monetary damage to companies
>internationally. But others say that even if they disapproved of
>Kashpureff's action, it did no harm other than to delay people for
>a few minutes in getting to the InterNIC Web site. 
> 
>Gilmour said he's baffled by the severity of charges. "I can't
>understand why it's happening," he said. 
> 
>As for Kashpureff, a father of four, "He's not doing very well.
>He wants to hug his kids," Gilmour added. 

 http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,16292,00.html



 TeleVirtually Yours,

 Bob Allisat

 Director, World TeleVirtual Network             http://www.wtv.net
 PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2                 tor@wtv.net
 (416) 534-1999                   http://www.wtv.net/portfolio.html