Kremen eventually won a $65 million judgment against Cohen (though Cohen fled to Mexico to avoid paying for years). The domain was later sold in 2006 for $12 million and again in 2010 for $13 million, making it one of the most valuable pieces of digital real estate in history.
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(NSI), in 1995. The letter falsely claimed that Kremen had been fired and that the company was abandoning the domain to Cohen. Kremen eventually won a $65 million judgment against
, a convicted con artist, sent a forged letter to the domain registrar, Network Solutions Inc. a convicted con artist