[APAC-Discuss] Shady domain business/auctions by ICANN & ISOC affiliated members in India

[Neeraj Kumar]

Not very pleasant developments happening in India in recent months. Just got to know that a multiple-times ICANN Fellow & current ISOC Delhi officebearer has been involved in shady domain businesses and recently organised a Domain Auction which was nothing but a joke with auctioneer indulging in shill bidding to manipulate prices / grab domains, not paying to seller whose domains were sold at the auction and a buyer who had won many domains and paid but didn’t get the domains.

The following forum posts have detailed info about what happened at the auction

https://www.namepros.com/threads/domainx-2019-live-auction-very-bad-experience-unhonest-auction.1148744/

https://www.namepros.com/threads/first-live-auction-domainx-2019-conference-new-delhi.1145779/page-4

The last 12 minutes show the auctioner bidding on the domain himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=u_yXP1faeaw


I am surprised how such people have been getting nominated to positions that require high levels of ethics, integrity???

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