> The official announcement of his sentence claimed Brovko was part of a “$100m botnet conspiracy,” though that figure is a little suspect: it was based on details of 200,000 devices and PCs stored on Brovko’s computer gear multiplied by $500, the minimum dollar value required by law for a charge of unauthorized device access.
A *little* suspect!!?? What!!??
Do these lawyers have no shame and no desire to even pretend they are involved in fair system of justice? Brovko was part of a $100 million conspiracy because that's the number we made up. We have to make up that figure to be able to charge him with the offences we want to charge him with. I thought Steven Avery / Wisconsin (a case of truly shocking corruption starting in Wisconsin but ultimately involving the entire US legal system) was an anomaly but perhaps America had entirely moved away from any interest in truth within its justice system.