[172742] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Next steps in extortion case - ideas?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Sat Jul 5 10:32:15 2014
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Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 10:31:56 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Markus wrote:
> Am 30.06.2014 18:35, schrieb Charles N Wyble:
>> Sue him for slander?
>>
>> Contact the US DOJ and request extortion charges be filed? I mean if
>> someone was committing a crime against me, I'd certainly be in
>> contact with law enforcement to have charges filed and a warrant out
>> for arrest.
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> I'll get some consulting from an US lawyer next. Can anyone recommend
> a skilled, reliable lawyer offlist who "understands" the Internet
> respectively is tech-savvy? :) Concept of IP addressing, domains, how
> Google works, web archive, VoIP etc.
>
> In the Maryland / Virginia / Washington area.
I expect that a call to the EFF offices could direct you to someone. Or
the FBI's cybercrime unit in your area.
Miles Fidelman
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