Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

[Jim Choate]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:55:12PM -0700, John Young wrote:
> > 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).
> 
> The problem with this analysis is that he does not have to be the
> main commercial beneficiary for the charges to stick.

The problem is that no 'beneficiary' is required, only 'intent'.


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