Man who founded social media company highlighting young adults engaging in 'crude behavior, drunkenness, and nudity,' was convicted for plotting to rob a man at gunpoint over a domain name, US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa said.
Rossi Lorathio Adams II enlisted his cousin to rob the owner of the domain "doitforstate.com" at gunpoint. The owner of the domain then shot Adams' cousin.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.An Iowa man who founded a social media company highlighting young adults engaging in"crude behavior, drunkenness, and nudity" was convicted of plotting to rob a man at gunpoint over a domain name, prosecutors said.
Adams owned the domain for"doit4state.com" but believed his company needed the domain"doitforstate.com."
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