InfoCom Corporation
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| Defunct | |
| Industry | Web hosting service |
| Founded | 1992 |
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Dallas, Texas Richardson, Texas |
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Key people
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Ghassan Elashi Bayan Elashi Ihsan Elashi Hazim Elashi Basman Elashi |
| Website | infocomusa.com |
InfoCom Corporation was a Web hosting service company founded by five brothers in 1992. It was initially based in Dallas, Texas, and before its dissolution it was based in Richardson, Texas.
On October 13, 2005 InfoCom Corporation was sentenced to two years’ probation resulting in it being shut down due to charges of conspiracy to violate the Export Administration Regulations and the Libyan Sanctions Regulations. Its founding members were also convicted on charges of false statements, money laundering and fundraising on behalf of the U.S.- terrorist designated Hamas.
InfoCom was jointly founded in 1992 by Bayan Elashi, Ghassan Elashi, Basman Elashi, Hazim and Ihsan “Sammy” Elashi as a family-run business that mostly sold computers and Internet services to customers primarily based in the Middle East. Bayan Elashi was Infocom chief executive officer, Ghassan Elashi was the company vice-president of marketing, while Basman Elashi was the logistics and credit manager. Hazim Elashi served as InfoCom manager of personal computer systems, and Ihsan Elashi was a systems consultant and sales representative.
At its peak, it hosted approximately 500 mostly Arab websites. The company hosted the domain .iq for the country of Iraq. The company hosted websites for Muslim organizations in the United States, including the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, the Islamic Association for Palestine, the Islamic Society of North America, and the Muslim Students Association. The company also hosted websites for entities abroad, including the Qatari television station Al Jazeera, the Qatari newspaper al-Sharq, and Berzeit (Palestinian University of the West Bank). However, not only did InfoCom provide computer services to organizations and entities with terrorist ties; legal proceedings confirmed that the corporation laundered money on behalf of Hamas, transferred funds to its political leader and exported technology to Libya and Syria in violation of U.S. export control regulations that restrict or prohibit the export of technology, goods or software to countries listed as sponsors of terrorism.
InfoCom Corporation achieved notoriety for its connections with terrorist organizations Al Qaeda and Hamas and with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
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