You'd have thought..
You'd have thought he'd have taken the initial money and legged it to another country where he was protected from the US? He could still operate the site from there.
Why would you stay in the one country where you know full well that if you get busted, you're going down?
Unless he was transporting the products himself there is no reason for him to remain in America.
I mean seriously?
I'm not condoning his activities, but it strikes me as odd that'd he would stay in America long enough to be caught and end up having to plead guilty in court.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
