Domain investor, Sahar Sarid, has posted bond towards his recent arrest in Florida, in relation to his alleged relationship to Mugshots.com.
The surety bond was most likely 10% of the $1.86 million bail set at arrest time, and therefore cost $186,000 dollars to the bondsman. The acceptance of the bond is currently pending, as is Sahar Sarid’s trial.
Sarid is being detained at the Joseph V. Conte Facility in Pompano Beach.
Sahar Sarid maintains his innocence, in a blog post at SaharSarid.com that was shared prior to his arrest:
My involvement with Mugshots.com and related entities ended in December 2013.
Prior to that, my limited role with these ventures was always as an unpaid consultant.
I never got paid nor wanted to be paid by anyone. I was not an owner or an officer of any business related to Mugshots.com.
Mugshots.com makes public arrest records easier to find. I support these ideas and ideals.
Extensive media coverage, including Newsweek, has shared the Mugshots.com arrest story, displaying assorted “mugshots” of two of the four defendants in this case: Sahar Sarid, Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie, Thomas Keesee, and David Usdan.
Under US law, every individual charged with a crime is innocent, unless proven guilty through trial by a public court.
Update: Sahar Sarid no longer appears on inmate search, indicating that he has been released from prison, pending trial.
