Influencer planned violent domain-name heist to elevate his brand

Rossi Lorathio Adams II brought a gun to a domain name fight. 

The 27-year-old social media influencer was sentenced to 168 months in jail on Monday for a 2017 plot involving viral videos, a pantyhose-sporting henchman, a gun, and the rather asinine catchphrase "Do It For State." 

Needless to say, things didn't exactly work out the way the aspiring digital-media mogul hoped. 

The plot is detailed in a Dec. 9 press release from the Department of Justice. Adams, it seems, fancied himself an entrepreneur — he ran the social media company "State Snaps," which he founded in 2015 while attending Iowa State University.  Read more...