As you all know, I have bemoaned the fact here that no effort whatsoever is expended, on the part of _any_ RiR, to vet the name, address, or even phone number associated with any number resource registration record. Based on the evidence, I do understand that I'm apparently the only one on this list who cares one wit about that issue, so the following may perhaps have no interest to anyone here... other than me... but I did just want to pop in briefly and mention that while *all* cases of deliberate fraud and/or concealment in RiR WHOIS records bother me, some do so more than others. This one, for example: ========================================================================= NetRange: 24.187.234.184 - 24.187.234.191 CIDR: 24.187.234.184/29 NetName: OOL-STATIC-OSNGNY-24-187-234-184-29 NetHandle: NET-24-187-234-184-1 Parent: OOL-STATIC-CT-24-187-224-0-20 (NET-24-187-224-0-1) NetType: Reassigned OriginAS: AS6128 Customer: ERIC HOTEHAM (C01876138) RegDate: 2008-02-01 Updated: 2008-02-01 Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-24-187-234-184-1 CustName: ERIC HOTEHAM Address: 15 OLD HOUSE LN City: CHAPPAQUA StateProv: NY PostalCode: 10514 Country: US RegDate: 2008-02-01 Updated: 2011-03-19 Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/customer/C01876138 OrgAbuseHandle: SIS16-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Static IP Services OrgAbusePhone: +1-516-803-3000 OrgAbuseEmail: hostmaster@cv.net OrgAbuseRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/SIS16-ARIN OrgTechHandle: SIS16-ARIN OrgTechName: Static IP Services OrgTechPhone: +1-516-803-3000 OrgTechEmail: hostmaster@cv.net OrgTechRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/SIS16-ARIN RTechHandle: SIS16-ARIN RTechName: Static IP Services RTechPhone: +1-516-803-3000 RTechEmail: hostmaster@cv.net RTechRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/SIS16-ARIN ========================================================================= It seems to me that it is self-evident, based on the available evidence, facts, and news reports, that at the very least, there is a case which can be made, and argued, in favor of the proposition that the apparent misspelling of the customer name in the above record was deliberate, and done with the intention to conceal. Unfortunately, nobody other than me apparently gives a rat's ass about such things, and thus, the record above remains incorrect, or arguably, downright fradulent. http://freebeacon.com/politics/is-the-mysterious-eric-hoteham-actually-longt... P.S. Before anyone asks, and before anyone attempts to impugn my motives for raising this issue, for the record, no, I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a supporter of that _other_ leading crook either.