On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:07:13 +0530 Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
There was this little kerfuffle some years back http://www.pcworld.com/article/174651/article.html
When anyone commits fraud to obtain a resource from RIPE, RIPE has the responsibility to file criminal charges against that criminal. I am not saying that I think RIPE should file criminal charges, I am saying that not doing so is in itself a questionable action. As not doing this is specifically enabling the/that/any crime where that resource is used in the commission of such a crime. Not doing this is extremely irresponsible and, further reasoning is that RIPE may as well open up the database so that anyone from the web can update resource records, as the database means nothing. RIPE not reporting such fraud to the authorities is many things... Andre