What ex-employee? The problem is that there wasn't anyone left to pay the hosting/domain fees...
I don't think that's correct. The domain doesn't expire until June 2011, so there shouldn't have been any fees to pay until then. I believe the domain was actually suspended due to the contact details on the whois record being inappropriate. Still, the fact that nobody from AInc has corrected this and had the domain reinstated is quite telling in itself...
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moto