FBI arrests Chinese national connected to malware used in OPM data breach

Re:FBI arrests Chinese national connected to malware used in... by Powerofmene on Sunday August 27, 2017 @11:46PM (#15114297)

People are not "just swiped up". A grand jury is presented with base facts and asked to issue an indictment so that the suspects can be arrested. Without the issuance of a True Bill (indictment) the investigation must continue but no arrests can be made. Since they apparently received the indictment and warrants issued arrests were made. Now it goes to court where the prosecution must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

If these people did nothing wrong they will have the opportunity to present their defense. But just an aside, these are not the only occurances where our law enforcement must wait for individuals to leave a non-extradition country in order to gain access to make an arrest. It happens with suspected drug dealers, murders, etc

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Re:FBI arrests Chinese national connected to malware used in... by quuquuquu on Monday August 28, 2017 @09:32AM (#15116386)

Please see my other comment for more context about the USA's shoddy record as of late.

I don't disagree with you that we have a process, but apparently these warrants and indictments aren't particularly difficult to get. Maybe there is a bias towards granting indictments against foreign nationals?

Or maybe I am completely wrong, and the feds did an amazing job finding a true criminal.

Based on past evidence, I am not holding my breath that this time the feds have really found a criminal. See my other comment for a recent list, especially the one of the Chinese-national professor who worked at Temple.

So, for that reason, I refuse to take any US indictment seriously, unless the evidence is painfully clear (El Chapo.)

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