Deerfield-News.com-Deerfield Beach, Fl-Infamous “Domainer “who owned “mugshots.com” amongst other domains, was arrested and has his mugshot taken in Broward by BSO. Sahar Sarid the infamous Domainer apparently has been arrested by FDLE and is being held for another state which we believe is California. Running a website such as www.mugshots.com which get millions of unique visitors monthly they would post public records including mugshots then apparently charged fees to remove these same mugshots. Apparently, California does not approve of this. Sarid was arrested at his home in Lighthouse Point. He was huge in the Domain Industry in the early 2000’s lately had remained low running mugshots.com and connected websites allegedly to scam and defraud folks out of a lot of dough.
| California Attorney General Xavier Becerra | |
| issued a press release announcing charges of “extortion, money laundering, and identity theft” had been filed against four defendants who are allegedly behind the exploitative website Mugshots.com. The release said, “The website mines data from police and sheriffs’ department websites to collect individuals’ names, booking photos and charges, then republishes the information online without the individuals’ knowledge or consent. Once subjects request that their booking photos be removed, they are routed to a secondary website called Unpublisharrest.com and charged a “de-publishing” fee to have the content removed. Mugshots.com does not remove criminal record information until a subject pays the fee. This is the case even if the subject had charges dismissed or had been arrested due to mistaken identity or law enforcement error. Those subjects who cannot pay the fee may subsequently be denied housing, employment, or other opportunities because their booking photo is readily available on the internet.”
Becerra said, “This pay-for-removal scheme attempts to profit off of someone else’s humiliation. Those who can’t afford to pay into this scheme to have their information removed pay the price when they look for a job, housing, or try to build relationships with others. This is exploitation, plain and simple.” |
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