Fake association of ARI with the fake FluchtHelfer

[Mark]

FluchtHelfer.in  is a website addressed to Germans written in German. “Flucht Helfer” means Escape Help.  (The domain name extension “in” indicates India but anyone from any country can use it.)

The website tells how you can help the Third World immigrate into Germany.  It purports to organize and even pay people to smuggle Third Worlders into Europe.

The original domain name registration (through Enom, Inc)  dated April 29, 2015:
    Domain ID: D9277273-AFIN
    Name: Bernard C. Piqochet
    Organization: The Ayn Rand Institute
    Address:  2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 250
    Irvine, CA 92606
    Phone: +1.9492226550
    Email: Email paulribbeck@riseup.net

The current domain name registration dated February 2016:
    Domain ID: D9277273-AFIN
    Name: Bernard C. Piqochet
    Organization: The Escape Institute
    Address: 531 Glenwood Drive
    San Diego,  CA 92111
    Phone: +1.619222678
    Email: paulribbeck@riseup.net

( This information is from https://who.is/domain-history/fluchthelfer.in and
https://registry.in/hi/whois/FLUCHTHELFER.IN )

Who is Bernard C. Piqochet?  There seems to be no connection between anyone of that name and ARI.  Ditto for Paul Ribbeck.  

The following webpage, again in German, suggests that “The Escape Institute” and FluchtHelfer is a hoax, the work of a group called PENG! based in Berlin:
homment.com/L8Rfj5hxRm

Like all effective hoaxes it was not unreasonable.  Given ARI’s position on immigration FluchtHelfer is not far to go.

It can be viewed as a satire of ARI though I don't know if that was the intent.