Uri L'Tzedek's name was taken and used without permission. Two Internet domains – Uri Ltzedek.com and Uri Ltzedek.org were registered on the very day 5WPR's fraudulent blog comments began.
Who registered the names?
Domain name: uriltzedek.com
Administrative Contact:
BKHY LLC
Mister Straus ([email protected])
+1.5163053111
5014 16TH AVE Suite 287
Brooklyn, NY 11204
US
Technical Contact:
BKHY LLC
Mister Straus ([email protected])
+1.5163053111
5014 16TH AVE Suite 287
Brooklyn, NY 11204
US
Registrant Contact:
BKHY LLC
Mister Straus
5014 16TH AVE Suite 287
Brooklyn, NY 11204
US
Status: Locked
Here's a screen shot of that:
What is 5014 16th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY? A mail drop known as Check In The Mail, Incorporated:
Who owns BKHY, LLC?
Someone who lives at 915 Plainview Avenue, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. And who would that be?
Who is Benson Altman? He owns Kosher.com – a leading kosher food retailer. He's mentioned as Kosher.com's founder in the following article:
…In fact, travelers of all faiths as well as people who follow certain types of diets, such as vegetarians, are increasingly buying and consuming kosher foods, because "they believe the products to be safer and healthier," says Benson Altman, who founded Kosher.com in 2000. The company boasts it offers thousands of food items delivered anywhere in the world. (Not all of them are non-perishable). Its promotional material says it even has "kosher food for dogs and cats," in case, I suppose, they are traveling with you.…
Is it simply a coincidence that Altman registered (squatted, "stole") Uri L'Tzedek's domains on the very day 5WPR began leaving fraudulent blog comments supporting Agriprocessors and attacking Uri L'Tzedek and its boycott of Agriprocessors?
I do not know for sure.
But I do know 5WPR's CEO, Ronn Torossian has a history of domain squatting against his competitors, as Gawker reports:
IMPORTANT NEWS VIA E-MAIL:
"There's a new owner of Hamiltonnolan.com. Guess who? Since you seem obsessed with me I will make sure to remind you daily. Hugs & Kisses, Ronn." AWESOME. I finally have something in common with all those famous PR people whose domain names he squatted on in '06.
What did 5WPR's CEO Ronn Torossian, Agriprocessors' PR guy, do in 2006? He registered names of competing PR firms and forwarded the site to 5WPR's website. Classy.
So did Torossian squat Uri L'Tzedek's domains?
Let's see if we can find out.
The post that broke the story.
The post that broke the story, part 2.
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