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Re:Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Ema... by downandout on Monday June 12, 2017 @03:46AM (#14535694)
And yet then you see things like this [1], where the 4 year old case of a very minor eBay scammer is personally prosecuted by a state Attorney General. I guess it depends on who has time to kill. These two guys are looking at decades in prison for a scam that looks to have netted about $3K.

[1] http://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2017/Attorney_General_Laxalt_Announ...

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Re:Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Ema... by scott00 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @09:35AM (#14544581)
Why do you think he personally prosecuted it? His name's on the complaint, but it's on all the complaints referenced in their press releases. The press release says the case "was investigated and is being prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Fraud Unit".
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