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I. APPROVEDONLINEPHARMACY, RAPETUBE, BIZCN and ICANN COMPLIANCE
- Malicious and fraudulently registered domains were reported to ICANN multiple times over several years
- The invalid records appeared to be part of BizCn's official privacy protection
- Compliance seemed unable to recognize the invalid registrations despite the evidence
- Independent investigations by two newspapers found the records to be invalid
- Employees who worked on the cases were fired and the cases summarily closed
- Compliance issued contradictory statements about the various issues
- The CEO requested a report from At-Large leadership, which was provided, but it was not responded to
- ICANN eventually breached the registrar, BizCn, for the same conditions which it did not accept earlier
II. ICANN's Internal Structure Questioned
- At-Large, and the entire community, were informed that ICANN's Compliance director would be reporting to the CEO instead of the Legal Department
- Budget documents show that most Compliance funds are controlled by the Business division and the rest are controlled by Legal
III. Prior Relationships Between Officers
- ICANN interim CEO Akram Atallah brought in the current CEO, Fadi Chehade, from their company CoreObjects Software
- Atallah apparently also brought in Maguy Serad who is is the wife of former CoreObjects Software officer Roger Serard
- CEO Chehade promoted Maguy Serad and made Atallah head of the new Global Domains Division
IV. Rejection of Complaints following Transcribed Request
- During the March 2014 Singapore meeting Compliance explicitly requested a list of violating domains which followed a pattern of abuse at BizCn, which At-Large provided
- Compliance immediately rejected the list of violating domains, contradicting statements on transcript
V. Ombudsman Problems
- Problems in Compliance handling of above issues were reported to the Ombudsman
- The Ombudsman did not conduct an investigation but rather based his decision on Compliance statements about BizCn which were later contradicted in the Compliance breach notice against BizCn
VI. Recommendations
- Make Compliance an independent part of the ICANN structure
- Further distance the Ombudsman from the ICANN structure
- Keep IANA as a distinct entity
- At-Large should actively evaluate specific ICANN functions and offices
- At-Large should maintain its own complaint system to monitor ICANN handling of complaints
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" -Juvenal
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