Re: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

[Declan McCullagh]

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.

-Declan