Why bust Dmitry and not the head of ElcomSoft if the primary crime is commercial gain? That he is claimed to be the copyright holder is thin stuff, for that does not support his being the main commercial beneficiary (unless the FBI has evidence that was not revealed about Elcomsoft's internal finances). To be sure some of the officers of ElcomSoft have ties to the KGB and the FBI and the CIA are customers of the firm, as likely are other countries' TLAs. That Dmitry was busted has a stench of scapegoatism, and ElcomSoft may not be altogether innocent, not least for sending Dmitry into the lion's den. Read the statements made by ElcomSoft officers carefully about prior appearances at conferences outside of Russia. Protestations claiming the officers had no idea a bust was in the offing are a bit much. It may well be that the Dmitry bust is a ploy whose purpose will be revealed later as we learn more about cooperation among the globe's law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Would ElcomSoft shop Dmitry for closer ties with USG customers with fat budgets for fighting cybercrime? Perhaps not with initial intent to do so but could very well do so in order to close a deal and better deals to come. Ashcroft's talk about the new cybercrime initiative, and the new incoming FBI director's career advancement due to that cause, seems to point to somebody like Dmitry being busted at about the time he was -- if not him then another Defcon target. Who else was being similarly, is being, investigated will no doubt be announced as the new FBI's chief's approval by Congress works its way through the FBI-credibility-restoration mill.