Stephen M. Cohen
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Stephen Michael Cohen is an American who gained notoriety after acquiring control of the
Cohen was born in
In the 1980s, he operated a paid-membership bulletin board system (BBS) called the French Connection, geared toward swinging and other sexual topics,[3][4] and by the late 1980s, he organized swinger get-togethers at a home in Orange County, California. In 1990, he was arrested for operating a sex club in a residential zone; he was found not guilty by a jury verdict.[4]
Sex.com
According to court documents, Cohen fraudulently obtained the lucrative
In April 2001, the court ordered damages of $65 million be paid to Kremen. Cohen left the United States in 2001 and was living in
Cohen was held in a civil contempt for failure to disclose his assets. He was released from custody on December 5, 2006, by Judge Ware because "Kremen has failed to locate evidence of hidden bank accounts or other assets.”[7] Courts have ruled in Kremen's favor several times since 2006, with evidence that seven individuals, including some of Cohen's family members, and twelve companies were used to help him hide the money.[8][9]
References
- ^ Blue, Violet. Sex.com: A URL - All Crime And No Sex SF Gate, 2006-12-21. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
- ^ Anderson, John Ward. Techno-Rebels in West Bank?: File Swapping Firm Claims Odd Hide Out[dead link], Washington Post, 2004-02-22, pp. A29 via washingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ a b McCarthy, Kieren. Sex.com and a web of intrigue: Two men’s battle over a domain name shows how far the net has come. The Sunday Times, 2007-05-27, via timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
- ^ a b c Bicknell, Craig. The Sordid Saga of Sex.com. Wired, 1999-04-15.
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California. James Ware, District Judge, Presiding. Argued August 13, 2002. Submitted July 25, 2003—San Francisco, California. Filed July 25, 2003. Before: Alex Kozinski and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges, and James M. Fitzgerald, District Judge. Opinion by Judge Kozinski. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.)
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link - ^ a b Dineen, J. K. Updated Nov. 4, 2005, 1:10 p.m. ET.
- ^ "Sex.com thief released from prison". The Register. 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ Pardon, Rhett (2011-12-23). "Former Sex.com Owner Still Chasing $65M Unpaid Judgment". XBIZ.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ^ Pardon, Rhett (2012-01-09). "Kremen Can Continue Claims Against Cohen's Cousin". XBIZ.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
External links
- (BOY) Boyle, Matthew. December 8, 2005, 4:33 PM EST. "Sex.com, drugs and a rocky road: Tracking down the millions owed after the theft of a tangled web domain". CNNMoney.com. /Fortune/News/Technology. [1].
- (GLA) Glasner, Joanna. August 14, 2002, 2:00 AM. "Sex.com Takes Aim at Registrar". Wired. /Tech Biz/Media. [2].
- (SWA) Swartz, Jon. Posted March 31, 2005, 8:33 PM. Updated 1 April 2005, 8:21 AM. "Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling". USA Today. /Money. [3].
- (VIO) Violet Blue. December 21, 2006. "Sex.com: A URL—All Crime And No Sex". SFGate.com. /Open Source (Column). [4].
- http://www.davidkushner.com/book/the-players-ball/
Additional reading
*David Kushner, The Players Ball. ' NY:Simon& Schuster, 2019