>An (IMO) Interesting question is how to reduce the risks of things like this happening. Corroborating evidence. In this case, where was the evidence that this

>An (IMO) Interesting question is how to reduce the risks of things like this happening. Corroborating evidence. In this case, where was the evidence that this money was ever in their possession? Was it ever sitting in their bank account? Was it buried in the back yard? Did they buy fancy sports cars or houses? The prospect of thousands of people stealing money without a trace of the cash is fantastical. In general, I'd say electronic evidence should need to be corroborated with physical or other types of evidence to achieve a conviction. It's too easy for electronic records to be falsified, either through software bugs or outright malicious intent.