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The NatWest Three - UK nationals, working in the UK, for a UK company. "Defrauded" their UK employer and were convicted by a US court and jailed in the US for t
by blitzar 9mo ago
The NatWest Three - UK nationals, working in the UK, for a UK company. "Defrauded" their UK employer and were convicted by a US court and jailed in the US for the crime.
- pjc50 9mo agoLooked them up and it's a good example. See also contemporary condemnation of the US justice system. https://www.ft.com/content/2699c7c4-9ea0-11dc-b4e4-0000779fd2ac https://www.ft.com/content/2699c7c4-9ea0-11dc-b4e4-0000779fd... The only link that made them liable for US extradition was "wire fraud" relating to a message transmitted in the US. Exactly the sort of extraterritorial law that the US are complaining about when it happens to them.