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1. I agree, it’s a bit tangential to call this a “darknet market arrest” instead, since the “darknet market” was the “victim”. 2. People largely hate when cops
by nrmitchi 4y ago
1. I agree, it’s a bit tangential to call this a “darknet market arrest” instead, since the “darknet market” was the “victim”.
2. People largely hate when cops find someone for doing 55 in a 54, so it’s probably not a great example, but I think supports my point. This isn’t about solving an actual crime, but about optimizing for how much money the justice department is able to collect. I said elsewhere that this would be more reasonable as a tax investigation, but it’s not, and it’s (in my opinion) a pretty bad precedent that investigations should be prioritized by “how much cash can we seize”
- dragonwriter 4y ago> I said elsewhere that this would be more reasonable as a tax investigation It was also a tax investigation, which is why IRS criminal investigatoes were involved, and there clearly were tax violations involved, they just weren’t part of the plea bargain. > it’s (in my opinion) a pretty bad precedent that investigations should be prioritized by “how much cash can we seize” I agree that prioritizing prosecutions that way would be, but Zhong doesn’t seem to have particularly been a prosecutorial priority. OTOH, spending investigative resources to find know forfeitable assets under an existing conviction seems a perfectly sane and responsible use of resources
- lancesells 4y agoWhat parallel universe do you guys live in where there's a 54mph or 54kmh? :)
- furyofantares 4y agoIt's a reference to the famous Jay Z track, 99 problems