Domain registrar EstDomains, which has been targeted by security researchers as being complicit in various malware, phishing, and illegal pharmaceutical schemes, has been deaccredited by ICANN, the organization that oversees Internet domain names.
According to a letter sent by ICANN to EstDomains President Vladimir Tsastsin, "this termination is based on your status as President of EstDomains and your credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery conviction." The letter goes on to quote a section of ICANN’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement, which allows ICANN to deaccredit a registrar that retains as a corporate officer any individual convicted of fraud or other financial-related crimes.
This comes after reports released—and pressure applied to ICANN by—Jart Armin and KnujOn, among others.
