Defending Self In a Case of On-Line Identity Theft? 390
SoccerDad41 writes "I am a systems administrator for an Indiana-based bricks-n-clicks retailer currently suspended because an unscrupulous typosquatter stole my name and registration information for his/her fraudulent domain registration. My company hired a third party service to protect their trademark by identifying and terminating infringing web sites. The third party identified a domain name, performed a WhoIs lookup & issued a complaint in compliance within ICANN's rules. This was presumably all reported back to our Legal department and it was noticed that the name on the domain registration matched mine. I have a locally uncommon ethnic last name so an immediate connection to me was made & although I protested my absolute innocence in the matter, I have been suspended on grounds of violating non-compete policies pending proof that it isn't me. The fraudulent domain registration was made with a different registrar (let's call them Registrar B) than the one my company uses (let's call them Registrar A). The public parts of the registration information at Registrar B match pretty exactly those of my legitimate domain registrations at Registrar A, including Registrar A's mailing address and phone number. The only things left out in the mailing address are the reference to a domain name and ATTN: Registrar A. Of course the anonymized email address differs as well. Surely I'm not the first in the Slashdot community to find myself in this situation. I'd like to avoid incurring the cost of a lawyer but I am intent on maintaining my good name and continued employment. What are my rights and responsibilities in this matter? What is my best course of action? How did you resolve this issue? How can I prove it's not me?"
Retain Shaggy as Counsel (Score:5, Funny)
Say it wasn't you.
Re:Begging the question (Score:4, Funny)
or get a lawyer.
Re:Uh, what? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:If you absolutely cannot hire an attorney... (Score:5, Funny)
... this is not legal advice, this does not create an attorney-client relationship.
And these are not the droids you are looking for.
Re:Begging the question (Score:3, Funny)
Last I check the US System works better than most.
Re:Begging the question (Score:2, Funny)
Based on what criterion? Number of Negros in prisons?