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Re:Bay Area man must pay $136,000 in tech-support scam again... by icebraining on Thursday June 14, 2018 @12:05PM (#17312644)
I don't think the FTC can prosecute someone for criminal charges, regardless of proof. They would need the DoJ or an US Attorney to follow up on those. AFAIK, IANAL.
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Re:Bay Area man must pay $136,000 in tech-support scam again... by ellatrue on Thursday June 14, 2018 @12:14PM (#17312708)
I think the DOJ could potentially build off of this case, though.
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Re:Bay Area man must pay $136,000 in tech-support scam again... by nothrabannosir on Thursday June 14, 2018 @12:41PM (#17312978)
Amateur question : would that fall under double jeopardy ?
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Re:Bay Area man must pay $136,000 in tech-support scam again... by anchpop on Thursday June 14, 2018 @12:45PM (#17313013)
IANAL but no, double jeopardy only applies to criminal cases
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Re:Bay Area man must pay $136,000 in tech-support scam again... by vorpalhex on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:46PM (#17313635)
Are there ways we as citizens can push them to follow up on this?
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