The legal saga against **Radaris.com** reached a critical juncture recently, culminating in the seizure of its primary domain and several sister sites. This action stems from a lawsuit alleging the data broker's consistent failure to comply with requests to remove personal information, particularly concerning New Jersey state law enforcement officials, as mandated by **Daniel’s Law**.  ### Daniel's Law and the Atlas Lawsuit **Atlas Data Privacy Corp** initiated legal proceedings against **Radaris** in February 2024. The lawsuit highlighted violations of **Daniel’s Law**, a New Jersey statute that grants state law enforcement officials, government personnel, judges, and their families the right to have their personal information removed from commercial data brokers. Non-compliance carries a hefty fine of $1,000 per violation. ### Unmasking the Operators Further investigation by KrebsOnSecurity delved into the true operators behind **Radaris**, identifying Russian-born brothers **Igor** and **Dmitry Lubarsky** (also spelled Lybarsky) as key figures. These Massachusetts residents allegedly control a complex web of people-search companies, along with various Russian-language dating services and affiliate programs.  Following the initial exposé, attorneys for the Lubarsky brothers, including **Val Gurvits** of **Boston Law Group**, threatened defamation lawsuits, asserting that the company's true owners were Ukrainians. However, subsequent reporting revealed that **Radaris** had employed a fictitious CEO, “**Gary Norden**,” and had issued multiple press releases quoting this pseudonym to attract investors. ### A Pattern of Evasion **Radaris's** legal strategy involved repeated delays and attempts to obscure its true ownership and country of origin. **Matt Adkisson**, President and CEO of **Atlas**, described this as an “island-hopping phase,” with privacy policies constantly changing and new entities appearing from jurisdictions like the Marshall Islands, British Virgin Islands, and Seychelles. “Behind the scenes, it felt like a shell game,” Adkisson explained. “Defense lawyers told the court that certain entities merely operated the domains and were the proper parties to sue. But by the time a judgment neared, those entities would be discarded and new entities would appear.” This tactic mirrored a previous class-action lawsuit in 2017, where **Radaris** temporarily lost its domain after failing to contest a claim. In that instance, **Val Gurvits** successfully appealed, arguing the lawsuit hadn't named the actual owner, a Cyprus company called **Bitseller Expert Limited**. The operator later shifted to **Andtop Company**, an entity formed in the Marshall Islands.  ### Victory by Attrition No More **Raj Parikh**, a partner at **PEM Law** in New Jersey and lead counsel for **Atlas** in the **Daniel’s Law** litigation, noted that **Radaris's** historical strategy was to win by attrition, outlasting plaintiffs' attorneys who grew weary of procedural games. “That strategy worked for a decade,” Parikh stated, “but we were acutely aware of the threat this website posed to law enforcement officers and other public officials in New Jersey, and decided early on to commit whatever time and resources were necessary to remove that threat.” On August 26, the New Jersey judge found that the defendants had been given multiple opportunities to defend the claims but failed to do so. While **Mr. Gurvits** declined to comment, another attorney, **Mr. Victor Worms**, asserted that the transfer was a default judgment against **Radaris.com**, which he claims is not a legal entity. He intends to challenge the judgment, citing constitutional principles. Currently, while **Radaris.com** still appears in online searches, its homepage now displays a notice from **Atlas** and links to previous reporting, no longer selling detailed personal dossiers. ### Email Confirmations and Future Implications **Atlas** reports having obtained over 10,000 emails and documents during litigation, which they claim corroborate previous reporting on the true owners and operators of **Radaris** and its associated companies, including **Radaris America, Inc.**, **Bitseller Expert Limited**, **Digital Orbit Corp**, **Core Solutions Group Inc**, **Lucky Solutions Inc**, **Virtura Corp**, and **Veripages Inc.** This legal precedent could significantly impact how data brokers operate and respond to privacy legislation, particularly those protecting sensitive individuals.