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YouPorn owner arrested in tax evasion probe

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YouPorn owner and regular ICM Registry antagonist Fabian Thylmann has reportedly been arrested in Belgium in connection with a German tax evasion investigation.

He was taken into custody at Brussels airport today under a warrant from the Cologne District Court, according to German daily Die Welt.

Thylmann is the owner — some say nominally so — of Manwin Licensing, the online porn empire behind brands such as YouPorn, Brazzers and, under license, Playboy.

Manwin sued ICANN and ICM late last year over the .xxx gTLD, saying it violates US antitrust laws, charges which are denied.

The company is also engaged in an ICANN Independent Review Panel procedure over the same issues.

ICM says that the lawsuit, and a related boycott, are merely attempts to disrupt its business. Thylmann, the company claims, offered to invest in ICM but was rebuffed.

According to Die Welt, Manwin’s German headquarters was raided last Tuesday as part of an ongoing tax evasion probe, which was spurred in part by the newspaper’s own investigation into the company.

http://domainincite.com/11266-youpor...-evasion-probe

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Fabian Thylmann has reportedly been arrested in Belgium in connection with a German tax evasion investigation.

Manwin's Fabian Thylmann Arrested Suspected Tax Evasion

According to Welt.de, the owner of Manwin Licensing International, which owns some of the most visited adult sites on the Internet including Youporn.com and Pornhub.com was arrested today at the Brussels Airport.

34-year-old Fabian Thylmann was arrested on suspicion to have evaded taxes.

According to the report, German officials seized numerous computers and documents at the offices of “Manwin Germany GmbH” last week.

http://www.thedomains.com/2012/12/10...r-tax-evasion/

This could prove interesting.

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Originally Posted by Cleo (Post 521821)

http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ad.php?t=65005

Hi Cleo. You're on top on things! Delete or merge my thread, please.

Who let the dogs out!!!!...

Well he should have based the business in Portugal... :P

Hold on to your hats! I wonder whether this is just as it appears to be (a simple tax case) or could it be a "fishing expedition" with greater motives. We'll see.

It's a good day if you're no friend of Manwin.

I'm sure there will be authorities in other countries watching closely. This could be an isolated instance, or it could be just the first domino to fall...

In my ongoing quest to confuse all of the readers of the board, I have merged the 2 threads on this subject :D

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Originally Posted by artwilliams (Post 521819)

We have an airport?

Fabian from Manwin got arrested

Fabian was arrested in Germany because he didn't pay his tax in Belgium: http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=157432

I do love these people - possibly with an agenda? - that come out of the woodwork & post about the "big news" as if we're all in the dark.

The Xbiz article cited welt.de as their source, so I went to the page & had Google translate it from German to English :D

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Youporn boss arrested in Belgium

The 34-year-old Fabian Thylmann, owner of several erotic sites like Youporn, has been arrested in Belgium. The Cologne public prosecutor determined. There is suspicion of tax evasion.

The Cologne public prosecutor has made the German owners of the well-known Internet pornography sites "Youporn", "Pornhub" and "MyDirtyHobby" in Belgium arrest.

The 34-year-old Fabian Thylmann was suspected to have evaded taxes, a spokesman for the prosecutor said on Monday the "world". "Mr. Thylmann currently sits in Belgium in custody. The Belgian authorities have executed a warrant of the Cologne District Court."

Tax investigators raided offices in Hamburg

On Tuesday of last week, several dozen officers searched the tax investigation and police Koblenz the offices of a Hamburg offshoot of Thylmanns international group of companies.

They seized upon the "Manwin Germany GmbH" numerous computers and documents. At the same time the private rooms were searched by Thylmann, said the spokesman for the prosecutor Cologne.

The "Manwin Germany GmbH" was on Monday by phone until early afternoon not be reached for comment.

According to the "World" Thylmann was arrested in Belgium. Whether and when it will be delivered, currently open, the spokesman said. He also could not say whether there are other suspects in the investigation.

Empire of online pornography

A native of Aachen Internet entrepreneur has built an empire within a few years of online pornography. For its Luxembourg-based holding company "Manwin Holding Sarl" includes more than 35 companies that have specialized in the operation of pornographic websites.

These include high traffic sites like "Pornhub", "Pornhub", "DELETED" or the German Amateursexportal "MyDirtyHobby". Under license by "Playboy" "Manwin" also operates the online marketing and the television networks of the brand. The companies are registered in Luxembourg, Germany, Canada, Cyprus, USA and Ireland. Thylmann lives in a Brussels suburb.

"Welt am Sonntag" reported entanglements

The "Welt am Sonntag" in September he had written extensively about the business and the Manwin Group. In the dossier, it was also about irregularities in the company's structure, which could rise to the suspicion of tax evasion.

Thylmann has let prohibit certain aspects of the report with a preliminary injunction. The "world" has filed an objection. A decision of the court is for 19 Announced in December.

This is tax evasion charges for mydirtyhobby (as the articles say), which Fabian owned before Manwin and is all about he himself before Manwin... not at all connected to the company other than he happens to own it.

Well, that's good news IMHO |fonz|