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Cybersquatter Now Owes Donald Trump $32K Due To 4 Domain Registrations

Posted on the 28 February 2014 by Worldwide @thedomains
According to an article just posted by the NYpost.com, A “”Canarsie cybersquatter who registered domain names related to Donald Trump and used them to skewer the real estate magnate must pay him $32,000 in damages, a Brooklyn judge ruled”"J. Taikwok Yung first drew Trump’s rage in 2007 when he registered four websites — trumpindia.com, trumpbeijing.com, trumpabudhabi.com and trumpmumbai.com.”

“The chronic domain collector — who lives with his mom and has $250 in his bank account — posted sporadic insults against his nemesis on the sites and offered scathing reviews of “The Apprentice.”

“The annoyed mogul initially offered Yung $400 to sign over control of the four sites, but later avalanched him with a $400,000 lawsuit after he refused that offer and demanded a bigger payout.”

“But instead of being a few hundred dollars richer, the cybersquatter will now face $32,000 in fines after magistrate judge Viktor Pohorelsky ruled in Trump’s favor.”

“The squatter previously warred with Merrill Lynch and Bank of America after he snatched up the domain name mlbofa.com after the finance giants announced their merger.

Young tried to demand a seven-figure price for the domain but his case was tossed from Manhattan federal court.”

Beyond the whole domain Cybersquatter thing, the article was particularly interesting to me because I was born and raised in Canarsie as well.

However I went in a different direction and have slightly more than $250 in my bank account and don’t live with any family members other than my wife and our two very spoiled Yorkie’s Romeo and Juliet.


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