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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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