Yes, he purchased Eye.com from a thief. Im not sure if he knew at the time that it was a thief.
Atlas.com, he bought from the original owners. I know this for a fact cuz I was in contact with them to let me buy the name, but he paid like $10,000 more than me, so it wasn't any contest.
Atlas.com gets like 8,000 unique visitors per day, so its a sexy beast.