My example was an meta comment about how HN users confuse means vs motive. In this particular case, however, we’re talking about fraud not unauthorised access,

My example was an meta comment about how HN users confuse means vs motive. In this particular case, however, we’re talking about fraud not unauthorised access, see a very similar case here which resulted in a conviction: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/man-convicted-110m-cryptocurrency-scheme https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/man-convicted-110m-c...