CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms
- Onerep.com claims to help people remove their personal information from people-search websites, but it is actually operated from Belarus and Cyprus.
- The founder of Onerep, Dimitri Shelest, has launched dozens of people-search services over the years including Nuwber.com.
- Shelest appears to have reinvented his online identity by changing his email slightly, but there is evidence linking him to many people-search sites.
- Onerep and Nuwber.com seem to be the same company based on shared details in their profiles and services.
- Shelest was associated with a major Russian spam affiliate program in the past.
- Shelest's email is linked to over 179 domain names, mostly defunct people-search sites targeting various countries.
- It is concerning that Onerep both sells people's data and charges to remove it from the same sites.
- Onerep has excluded its early website history from the Wayback Machine.
- People-search sites have deep profiles on consumers that could rival law enforcement databases.
- The data broker industry deserves more investigation into privacy practices and business ties.