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> Either because of a lack of technical knowhow, or fear for his safety, Ramos refused, and pleaded guilty to running a criminal enterprise, a charge for which
by f1refly 5y ago
> Either because of a lack of technical knowhow, or fear for his safety, Ramos refused, and pleaded guilty to running a criminal enterprise, a charge for which he was sentenced to nine years in prison
Wait a second, why would he have to go to prison? If all he did was selling phones, what charges could there possibly be?
I'm also missing a third option that he refused to cooperate "for idiological reasons".
- gerikson 5y ago> If all he did was selling phones, what charges could there possibly be? He pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/chief-executive-communications-company-sentenced-prison-providing-encryption-services https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/chief-executive-communi...
- rtkwe 5y agoIf you knowingly work with and for criminals congrats you're committing a crime too basically anywhere. A LocalBitcoins guy I knew briefly got charged (on top of the usual illegal money tranmission charges) a bit back for selling coins to an undercover after they implied the money came from selling cocaine.
- f1refly 5y agoBut how would he have known? It's not like criminals are "Uh hey yeah we're going to use your phone in our murder preparations kthxbye". The mere thought "Hm that guys look a bit sketchy" isn't enough to be thrown into jail, is it?
- rtkwe 5y agoThat’s why they’ll usually send in an undercover to be particularly indiscreet so they can prove you knew.