The requirements to prove white collar crime are very different. You have to prove the person did the criminal action knowingly. It's not like proving a case fo

The requirements to prove white collar crime are very different. You have to prove the person did the criminal action knowingly. It's not like proving a case for literal bank robbery where you just need to play the tape. Because of this prosecutions of white collar crime tend to take longer. In this case though I suspect that things like discussing your criminal activity in a chat channel called wirefraud tended you accelerate things.