OLM.net
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| OLM.net | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Trumbull, Connecticut |
| Key people | George DeVack; Joe Convertino; Chris Silkman |
| Industry | Web Services |
| Products | Web Hosting |
| Slogan | Web Hosting Solutions @ Your Service |
| Website | www.olm.net |
OLM.net (OLM LLC) is a provider of web hosting services, web design, domain name registration services, E-commerce, and other assorted online services. Headquartered in Trumbull, Connecticut, the company was founded in 1996 by George DeVack. The company also has offices in Stamford and Stratford, Connecticut, and in Lisle, Illinois. OLM also does business under the names Host4u.net, Axxs.net, Webaxxs.net, Fastdns.net, OLM.com, Globalspacesolutions.com, and various others.
OLM states that they host over 350,000 unique clients in 150 countries. In 2000, OLM and its staff and clients were featured on a Leonard Nimoy documentary television show.[1] Additionally, OLM recently became the sponsor for race car driver Louis Albornoz.[2]
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[edit] War on terror
In August 2004, after unknowingly hosting several pro-jihad Web sites via one of their reseller customers, the company cooperated with authorities leading to the arrest of an alleged terrorist conspirator in London.[3]
Babar Ahmad, a Pakistani-born computer specialist, used Web sites hosted at least in part unknowingly by the company to recruit and raise money for Taliban fighters; obtained classified documents detailing a Navy fleet's weaknesses to terrorist attacks; and made contact with United States Navy staff sympathetic to terrorists.[4] He was arrested in London on a U.S. extradition warrant which accused him of trying to raise funds for "acts of terrorism in Chechnya and Afghanistan" from 1998 through 2003.[5]
[edit] Labor controversy
In July 2006, OLM.net executive Joseph Convertino was arrested on charges related to 230 counts of failure to provide accurate records to the Connecticut state Department of Labor. The charges reportedly stem from a state investigation that began in October of 2005, following several complaints about the non-payment of overtime. The department believes the investigation will uncover substantial liability related to back wages. Department representatives say Convertino was arrested after he hindered the investigation, failed to provide records and provided false records.[6]
According to Gary Pechie, director of the state department's wage and workplace standards division, the state believes there will be "substantial back-wage liability" when its investigation is over. According to the state of Connecticut, a search and seizure warrant was executed in February 2006 and the State's Attorney's Office and State Police seized boxes of evidence. According to the arrest warrant, that evidence included two sets of payroll records for 2002 and 2003, spreadsheets listing employees under the heading "Changed Time Sheets" and spreadsheets listing different pay rates and plans than what is listed in wage records. According to the state of Connecticut, there was no indication George DeVack was involved in the alleged overtime violations or the allegations for which Convertino was arrested. Pechie stated that DeVack may be an absentee owner and that other arrests are possible.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Business Wire: OLM Selected to Appear as a Panelist on the Television Series "The Next Wave
- ^ Hosting Directory: Web Hosting Provider, OLM.net, to Sponsor Race Car Driver
- ^ Fairield County Business Journal: Trumbull firm helped nail terror suspect.(OLM L.L.C)
- ^ WTNH.com: British man in court on U.S. extradition warrant claiming terror links; allegedly had Navy documents
- ^ US Department of Justice: United States of America vs. Babar Ahmad
- ^ The Web Host Industry Review. "WHIR News: Web Host OLM Exec Arrested", July 24, 2006.
- ^ Pam Dawkins. "Overtime charges lead to arrest", Connecticut Post, Business section, Article ID: 4077999, July 21, 2006.
