The legal system does not operate like a computer program.
This is possible only because, while ICANN charges each registry when they acquire a domain, ICANN refunds that if they give the domain back within some time period.
[1] https://www.icann.org/registrar-reports/accreditation-qualif...
I didn't know there was a formal term for this. Splitting up money transfers to avoid detection of large sums moving around.
I've looked up wire fraud in the US and it seems to come with some properly serious penalties:
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.[4]
