[HN Gopher] U.S. Seeks 70-Month Prison Sentence for YouTube Cont...
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       U.S. Seeks 70-Month Prison Sentence for YouTube Content ID Scammer
        
       Author : CoBE10
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2023-06-23 21:50 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | paulpauper wrote:
       | this is why white collar crime doesn't pay as well as people
       | assume. even with plea deals and giving up everything, they still
       | face a lot of jail time. white collar crimes tend to leave a lot
       | of digital records, which makes gathering evidence easier.
        
         | yieldcrv wrote:
         | the great thing about someone else getting caught is that you
         | get to read the court cases about how they got caught
         | 
         | the LLC could have been made in any state, someone else's ID
         | and social from a FULLZ could have been used to make a bank
         | account online, and a prepaid card also from the same
         | marketplace would have been enough to sign up for some digital
         | services.
         | 
         | the marketplaces already require you to be using Tor, and doing
         | the rest on Youtube over Tor would have worked as well, or you
         | rent access to a compromised windows computer on clearnet so
         | you don't get a debilitated browsing experience.
         | 
         | and then you can worry about reintegrating the proceeds into
         | the broader economy again for your own enrichment.
        
         | tomohawk wrote:
         | Unless your last name is Biden, in which case you have the DOJ
         | preventing prosecution.
         | 
         | https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/this-irs-email-c...
        
       | sacnoradhq wrote:
       | Well will they prosecute Telemundo for racketeering and fraud for
       | phony content ID scamming independent YT creators too? That
       | shitshow of a company actively extorted money from independent
       | creators. They would upload creators' own works and send DMCA
       | strikes against them.
        
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