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    'State Snaps' founder convicted over armed plot to steal a domain name

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    04.23.2019

    Last year, the man who staged an armed robbery in an attempt to seize control of doitforstate.com was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Soon, the court will also sentence the mastermind who asked him to break into the domain owner's home and force a domain transfer at gunpoint. A jury has convicted Rossi Lorathio Adams II of "conspiracy to interfere with commerce by force, threats and violence." The Iowa native founded a social media company called State Snaps while he was attending Iowa State University, where students would shout "do it for State!" when their peers would do things they'll later regret.