I'm surprised that this isn't turning into a conspiracy charge. That's basically what it amounts to, right? An agreement to commit illegal acts and actions take

I'm surprised that this isn't turning into a conspiracy charge. That's basically what it amounts to, right? An agreement to commit illegal acts and actions taken to further the commission of those illegal acts? Honestly, this seems like exactly the kind of thing that the conspiracy laws were meant to deal with - you know that one of them did something illegal, but you can't tell who because they covered the details up well enough to prevent identification.