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No settlement should be granted here, on principle. The law should not protect those that use an asset designed to subvert the government.
by stevebmark 2y ago
No settlement should be granted here, on principle. The law should not protect those that use an asset designed to subvert the government.
- samatman 2y agoThis argument would be coherent if cybercoins were illegal, which they are not.
- jeroenhd 2y agoI agree in principle, but the people that should be sued are the scammers, not Google. With real money one could go after the money mule (or dumb scammer) through their bank account. Maybe Google could be liable if the victim paid through Google Pay, but I somewhat doubt that Google Pay will let you transfer half a million. In this case, the victim's choice of virtual currency makes it very difficult to find the criminals. I don't see why Google would need to pay up for that. I suppose it's always worth a try to sue Google, because there's nobody else to sue.
- OutOfHere 2y agoThe government subverts itself by using an asset with an exponentially growing debt.