The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced it will delay shutting down EstDomains, an Internet registrar accused of having ties with spammers.

ICANN sent a letter to EstDomains saying it would pull the company’s accreditation on November 12 and transfer the 281,000 domains under its management to another registrar.

ICANN has the authority to revoke a registrar’s accreditation if an executive of the company has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor related to financial activities.

EstDomain’s president, Vladimir Tsastsin, was convicted of credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery in an Estonian court on February 6, according to ICANN.

EstDomains is arguing that Tsastsin resigned as president in June and that his conviction is on appeal with Estonia’s Supreme Court.

CEO Konstantin Poltev wrote in a letter to ICANN stating that EstDomains was not required to notify the organization about its executive changes. EstDomains is trying to keep its accreditation and included a document that showed Tsastin’s resignation in June.

ICANN said it is taking more time to assess the merits of the claims and has stayed the termination process.

“ICANN will take all reasonable measures to protect the interests of registrants during the stay period and the subsequent termination process that may follow,” ICANN officials said.