A man is being prosecuted for having “hijacked” a domain name close to that of Bertrand-Kamal, who died of cancer, in whose honor a prize pool was launched.
A simple vowel difference. On September 9, 2020, a little over a year ago, Bertrand-Kamal died of pancreatic cancer after participating in the filming of Koh-Lanta, Les 4 Terres. Following his tragedy, his family, the production company as well as the association called the Arc Foundation for the fight against cancer had launched a pot in his name to help cancer research. Concretely, the money collected aims to help science to “progress in screening and care for pancreatic cancer“, as recalled The Parisian.
The Parisian reveals Thursday, November 4, 2021 that the Arc Foundation for the fight against cancer is bringing a lawsuit against a former journalist. The accused would have hijacked a domain name very close to the name of deceased candidate “for fraudulent purposes“, as revealed by our colleagues. Indeed, Bertrand-Kamal was actually named Bertrand-Kamel. Thus, the association against cancer had bought several domain names of the name of the candidate at the time of launching the pot. Among the names left free, that of “PourBertrandKamel”.
Death of Bertrand-Kamal: a “malicious maneuver” intended to embezzle funds?
The former journalist accused by the association would then have acquired this domain name. A certain Sylvain, described as a former radio host, indicated that he simply wanted “avoid a crook“buy it. A justification that does not pass on the side of the association which is thinking of a “malicious maneuver“ intended to embezzle funds. “We approached this individual to withdraw this domain name or transfer it to our Foundation because this site has confused the public“, said the association to Parisian. In the absence of agreement between the two parties, the case is now in the hands of justice. “We faced the stubborn refusal of this man who never stopped trying to monetize the transfer of this domain name. We had no other choice “, concludes the association.