22-year-old Brit avoids US extradition over SIM-swapping conspiracy after judge deems him to be high suicide risk A Brit accused of taking part in a $8.5m SIM-swapping conspiracy has escaped extradition to the US after a judge agreed he was at high risk of suicide. Corey De Rose walked free from Westminster Magistrates' Court after experts said long-standing mental health disorders and a history of self-harm and suicide attempts meant De …
And yet, neither Lauri Love or Gary McKinnon have been prosecuted in the UK, with one of the stated reasons not to prosecute McKinnon being "the logistics of transferring sensitive evidence prepared for a court in the US to London for trial".
I think it's fair to say this guy has got away with it.
The question is why is he not tried in th UK by default. The crime he is accussed of occurred in this country. Not the United States of America. We have laws here that are applicable. Surely there is no good reason not to have a trial here. Especially as video evidence is now standard practice.
"The question is why is he not tried in th UK by default. The crime he is accussed of occurred in this country. Not the United States of America."
Methinks your comprehension needs improving
"De Rose, 22, was accused by US prosecutors of being part of The Community, a self-titled cryptocurrency theft conspiracy.
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One victim, named only as RM by Westminster Magistrates' Court, was allegedly targeted by De Rose in July 2017.
T-Mobile US was deceived into porting RM's phone number to a new SIM controlled by The Community. After resetting RM's passwords using authentication codes sent to his phone number, The Community allegedly transferred $8.5m worth of "ether" and "the Ethereum-based crypto-currency tokens" to themselves."
Sounds like a crime in the U.S. jurisdiction to me.
I agree with the OP, he can be very well-charged in his natural UK home.
If they're such snowflakes, maybe not engaging in long distance crime would have been a smarter option?
They're bright enough to commit crimes, so it's inconceivable they are unaware of consequences. Or maybe they're all too well aware of the get-out-of-deportation card, after all, it has worked yet again..
"They're bright enough to commit crimes, so it's inconceivable they are unaware of consequences."
It sounds like this person's combination of mental conditions may make that sort of rational decision-making problematic. Also, as this comment board frequently illustrates, a person can be very intelligent in some ways and almost perfectly fucking stupid in others. In fact, most people overestimate their competency across the board, and I believe this characteristic is especially pronounced in criminals, who often believe their initial success makes them immune to detection and capture.
I've volunteered as an Official Prison Visitor, so consider myself well informed on UK prison conditions and I have also read quite a bit about the system in the US. While the UK system is pretty awful, it's far more humane than the US one where violence is often very severe. One thing to note though, is that despite the disturbing frequency people joke about rape in the US prison system it is not that common - someone committing rape is likely to find themselves on the end of vigilante justice from other prisoners.
"They're bright enough to commit crimes, so it's inconceivable they are unaware of consequences"
There's no link there, even if the first part happens to be true. In fact, this was copycat, skiddie stuff, so no brains required at all. But it's quite possible for bright people to be ignorant.
If you're going to commit crime, make sure your victims are in the USA and you are literally untouchable. De Rose, like Lauri Love and Gary McKinnon before him avoids extradition and now clearly won't be prosecuted in the UK.
Ironically, one of the stated reasons the CPS didn't bring charges against McKinnon was "the logistics of transferring sensitive evidence prepared for a court in the US to London for trial."
It's almost as if prosecution in the USA is for practical reasons and not some vast global conspiracy to deprive British citizens of justice.
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