Re:A SpaceX engineer's dark web insider trading sparks an SE...
by PragmaticPulp on Sunday March 21, 2021 @09:24AM
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Can you provide any citations for your claim?
I’m reviewing the few countries listed in the Wikipedia page on entrapment ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment ) but I don’t see how this would trigger any of the exclusions listed.
The criminal in question was advertising his services across the dark web. Officers simply bought his product and sold him something he was advertising himself as buying.
They didn’t go out and encourage him to do these things. He was doing them and the agents engaged as customers so they could unveil his identity.
I’m reviewing the few countries listed in the Wikipedia page on entrapment ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment ) but I don’t see how this would trigger any of the exclusions listed.
The criminal in question was advertising his services across the dark web. Officers simply bought his product and sold him something he was advertising himself as buying.
They didn’t go out and encourage him to do these things. He was doing them and the agents engaged as customers so they could unveil his identity.