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The Wikipedia page says says she has had default judgments entered against her in the United States for civil offenses. If I am not mistaken extradition requir
by comment_7171 8y ago
The Wikipedia page says says she has had default judgments entered against her in the United States for civil offenses. If I am not mistaken extradition requires criminal offenses, and usually only a limited number of offenses are deemed serious enough to be "extraditable". It also requires an extradition treaty. Does her country of residence have an extradition treaty with the United States?
A Nature article some years ago mentioned she has no assets in the United States. The plaintiffs are therefore unlikely to ever collect any of the $15 million in damages.
- rakoo 8y agoEven if she can't be extradited, she definitely cannot travel to the US, which is a shame considering that most of what is happening in the digital space in general is still there.
- userbinator 8y agoA lot of others probably would rather not visit the US even if they could, given the current political climate and the whole security theater surrounding the borders.
- henryackerman 8y agoraises hand I'd love to visit the US sometime, but right now I'd rather not go there for the reasons you mentioned. The only exception would be if my job required it.
- Vinnl 8y ago> Does her country of residence have an extradition treaty with the United States? I think she lives in Russia now, so no. If not that, it's Kazakhstan, of which I don't know whether it has such a treaty. In any case, if she is "extraditable", that would still severely limit her travel options, I suppose.
- mandelken 8y agoKim Dotcom is facing extradition to US (where he has never been) over copyright charges, so definitely "extraditable" as you say. Luckily for her there are no US drone strikes in Kazakhstan...