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Is immunity from prosecution something a private company can even offer? They can certainly offer to not call the police, but if a serious crime were committed

• rdtsc 2y ago
  > if a serious crime were committed, the police don't need to have the victim cooperate. That's what I remember as well, but thought maybe it's different in different countries, or there is some other kind of cleverness behind the offer. Otherwise, it makes them look kind of silly.
• some_random 2y ago
  The police in general are so far behind on their ability to prosecute crypto/cyber crimes for so many reasons that in practice they would basically never be interested in prosecuting without victim cooperation. Not to mention that in theory this would retroactively make the crime totally definitely above board ethical hacking which is not a crime in any jurisdiction as far as I know.
• glitchc 2y ago
  Depends on what serious means here. In financial/wire fraud, the police often need support from the victim to collect sufficient evidence. If the victim does not cooperate, the case could be dropped due to lack of evidence. Murder is typically more serious.
  • toast0 2y ago
    The investigating agency could get subpoenas to compel the victim to provide evidence. But it's usually not done when the victim doesn't want to cooperate.