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Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs for North Koreans (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 96 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Knoot faces charges, including wire fraud, intentional damage to protected computers, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to cause the unlawful employment of aliens. If found guilty, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Bruh, this guy literally funded the weapons program of a foreign adversary, and the maximum penalty is equivalent to some petty crime sentences. The laws are so fucked up.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Turns out the people who write the laws have an interest in making sure that the maximums for these crimes are low.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 25 points 2 months ago

Don't do drugs, but what's a few WMDs among friends?

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Turns out the people who write the laws have an interest in making the punishment for crimes of poverty extremely high.