| 1 | Hi Emily,
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| 3 | We received a request to close an account the site mentioned below is hosted
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| 4 | on:
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| 5 |
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| 6 | Request from Metropolitan Police in London Uk to remove website used
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| 7 | for criminal purpose - fitwatch.org.uk IP 69.175.66.250
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| 8 |
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| 9 | APPLICATION FOR CLOSURE OF A UK BASED DOMAIN NAME
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| 10 | Fitwatch.org.uk <http://fitwatch.org.uk/> - IP 69.175.66.250
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| 11 |
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| 12 | To whom it may concern at Singlehop
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| 13 |
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| 14 |
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| 15 | Op Malone
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| 16 | In connection with our criminal investigation into registration or use
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| 17 | of the domain name set out in this letter, we hereby confirm that:
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| 18 | • The domain is being used to undertake criminal activities.
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| 19 |
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| 20 | Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice, contrary to Common Law
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| 21 |
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| 22 | We hereby request Singlehop to de-host this website for a minimum
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| 23 | period of 12 months.
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| 24 | Please note that this request will be also sent to the domain name
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| 25 | registrar for the website.
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| 26 | You should provide the following contact phone number, email address
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| 27 | and reference number to the registrant: 0207 230 8100
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| 28 | pceu@met.pnn.police.uk
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| 29 |
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| 30 |
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| 31 | REASON FOR CLOSURE
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| 32 |
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| 33 |
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| 34 | This website are committing offences of attempting to pervert the
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| 35 | Course of Justice under Common Law.
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| 36 | The website is providing explicit advice to offenders following a
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| 37 | major demonstration in Central London. The demonstration was marred by
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| 38 | violence and several subjects have already been arrested with a major
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| 39 | police operation underway to identify and arrest further offenders.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | The person controlling these websites has posted material held to be
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| 42 | contrary to Common Law within the UK.
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| 43 | Therefore to prevent the domain names from being used in crime we
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| 44 | request that the domain name is suspended for a minimum period of 12
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| 45 | months (or until expiry of the domain name if earlier).
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| 46 |
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| 47 | This common law offence is committed where a person or persons:-
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| 48 | (a) acts or embarks upon a course of conduct
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| 49 | (b) which has a tendency to, and
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| 50 | (c) is intended to pervert,
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| 51 | (d) the course of public justice.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | Registrant Information for fitwatch.org.uk
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| 54 |
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| 55 | Registrant : Emily Apple
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| 56 |
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| 57 | All other personal details withheld
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| 58 |
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| 59 | Registered on : 17-Nov-2008
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| 60 |
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| 61 |
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| 62 | Authority to close the website and IP address given by
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| 63 |
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| 64 | Will Hodgeson, Acting Detective Inspector
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| 65 |
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| 66 | Metropolitan Police
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| 67 |
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| 68 | CO11 Public Order Branch
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| 69 | Many Thanks in Advance
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| 70 |
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| 71 |
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| 72 | Yours faithfully
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| 73 |
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| 74 |
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| 75 | DI Paul Hoare
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| 76 | Police Central e-crime Unit (Computer Crime Unit)
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| 77 | SCD6 Economic & Specialist Crime Command,
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| 78 | Metropolitan Police.
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| 79 | 1st floor, Indigo Block, Cobalt Square
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| 80 | 1 South Lambeth Road,
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| 81 | London
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| 82 | SW8 1SU
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| 83 | 0207 230 8100
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| 84 | pceu@met.pnn.police.uk
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| 85 |
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