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> Imagine a 17 year old robs a bank and steal 100k from the savings accounts of random people. I think that's a great comparison. But it's not an armed robber
by Taek 6y ago
> Imagine a 17 year old robs a bank and steal 100k from the savings accounts of random people.
I think that's a great comparison. But it's not an armed robbery, it's a break-and-enter where no property gets destroyed.
How many felonies does the robber get after being caught? I don't actually know but I'm guessing 1-3? Certainly stealing $100k is a deserving felony. But 30 felonies seems a bit steep.
- user5994461 6y agoThe guys have a very long history of scams, with $700 000 seized before this twitter thing it seems. That money is very much destroyed for the people whom it was stolen from.
- ChrisLomont 6y agoIt depends on how many laws with felony consequences each broke. If a robber hacks a computer (a felony), impersonates law enforcement (a felony), uses that to commit fraud (a felony), then transfers stolen money across state lines (a felony), then tries to launder it (a felony)..... You can see how such things can stack up.
- ehsankia 6y agoThey technically also violated every single person they hacked, which includes the previous president of the united states, large company such as apple, and the upcoming presidential candidate. Now imagine not only the 17yo stole 100k from the bank, but also entered the houses of people such as Obama and Biden, and potentially stole documents from their desks.
- cutemonster 6y ago> a great comparison What! It's more as if he, once in the bank, added a poster: "mail money to street 123 city Abcde, and we'll mail you twice back"