[arin-ppml] Of interest?

[John Curran]

On 16 May 2019, at 3:18 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com> wrote:
> ...
> That was my point.  Thse sock puppet companies that were registered
> as part of this overall Micfo fraud were *not* even bloody registered
> in the states they claimed to be headquartered in, either now or,
> EVEN AT THE TIME WHEN ARIN WAS ISSUING THEM RESOURCES.
> 
> So, this was and is quite clearly and unambiguously an abject failure
> of ARIN's vetting process, and a glaring one at that.  I man this
> is really a no-brainer... just check to see if a corporate entity
> that claims to be in state X really exists, legally in state X.
> 
> This isn't rocket surgery, and if ARIN isn't doing this simple check
> on a routine basis, then it needs to start doing so.  The failure
> to do this simple check is as inexcusable as it is inexplicable.

Ronald - 

ARIN does check the state registrations of requesting organizations and these entities were registered. 

/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers