A Florida man was ordered to pay $10,000 and was banned from using any Katrina-related Web sites in connection with an investigation into unlawful solicitations for hurricane victims, according to an attorney general office report.

Tuesday, Attorney General Charlie Crist announced the successful conclusion of a civil lawsuit filed against Robert Moneyhan for unlawfully soliciting relief donations intended for Hurricane Katrina.

The report said as Hurricane Katrina gathered strength in the Gulf of Mexico, Moneyhan registered domain names for Web sites with charitable-sounding names.

Moneyhan created katrinahelp.com, katrinadonations.com, katrinarelief.com, katrinarelieffund.com and katrinacleanup.com, but did not file registration documents with the state to solicit donations, as required by law.

Crist sued Moneyhan in September, alleging that he failed to register prior to soliciting donations and that the Web site misrepresented that "100 percent of all donations (would be) used for relief" of storm victims.

Through quick actions taken by the attorney general's office and Internet payment service Paypal, Moneyhan did not benefit financially from the Web sites, according to a news release.

"I am pleased we were able to resolve this matter quickly and without any Floridians losing money while attempting to do a good deed," said Crist. "In the wake of disasters like the ones we have seen over the past two years, we must take extra precautions to protect our citizens from any fraudulent practices."

Moneyhan must pay $10,000 for the state's costs of investigation and is subject to a $20,000 penalty if he violates the terms of the injunction.

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