The Owner Of A Popular College Frat Instagram Account Faces 20 Years In Prison For Plotting To Steal Someone's URL At Gunpoint
, which has 1.5 million followers, was convicted by a jury in Iowa last week of conspiring to steal a man's similar web domain by holding him at gunpoint in 2017.
Adams owns the similar doit4state.com. He repeatedly attempted to purchase rights to the Go Daddy-backed doitforstate.com domain that was owned by a man in Cedar Rapids. State Snaps touts itself as"the authority on partying, college life and having fun," according to its Instagram page. The company created the phrase"do it for state" to brand its stunt-y, crude, and sexual videos and posts.
Hopkins pointed the gun at the victims' head and forced him to his computer to complete the demand. Somehow during the ordeal, the victim"managed to gain control of the gun, but during the struggle, he was shot in the leg."
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