If so, that is even more tragic than his inability to get anyone to wet his whistle even with all that cash >..<
It seemed to me that option #1 only applied if you were a fugitive and your whereabouts were unknown, not when you simply leave the state or country.
As to furtherance, I wonder how precise the definition of it is; is using proceeds of a crime, furtherance of a crime? Is obfuscating a crime, furtherance of a crime?
Edit: This answers most of my questions and the answer seems to be "it's complicated" https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/RL31253.pdf
No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice
Edit: Thanks for the link!
could be this one . maybe someone can do FOIA on the case
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1343 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3293
I wonder if the clock resets if he converted it to real money after those five years, I mean selling stolen goods is a separate crime from stealing, isn't it?
I think the best thing he could've done is to move to a country without an extradition policy with the US. Then of course comes the challenge of cashing out BTC that's been marked as stolen, but I'm sure there's ways and means. But for 3.2 billion, someone can live like a king for the rest of their life. It's just that because it's marked, they won't ever be able to go home or go where they want.
It sounds like one of those "will you press the button" catch-22's.
If there was a police report about a crime, if the police were unable to determine who committed the crime but at a later date could do so beyond reasonable doubt?
What if the perpetrator evades police for 5 years but remains in-state?
What’s your location also, that would be relevant to the laws your referring to.
Some district courts have held that the statute of limitations can be tolled while the suspect is actively evading law enforcement even if they remain within their jurisdiction; some haven't.
I'm in England, but I'm talking about United States Federal Law.
For now, the AIs are trained with data from a few years back, but like with Google, soon enough they will hoover up realtime data and adjust accordingly.
For funsies, here's a comment on this article from ChatGPT:
> (prompt)
> Write me a Hacker News comment about the arrest of James Zhong, who stole 50.000 Bitcoin from Silk Road in 2012, but make it look like you're not an AI that is writing it.
>
> (AI response)
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> Sure, here's a possible comment:
>
> Wow, the long arm of the law finally caught up with James Zhong! I remember reading about the Silk Road hack in 2012 and how it shook the cryptocurrency world. 50,000 BTC was a huge amount back then, and it's worth even more now. It's interesting to see how the FBI was able to track down Zhong after all these years, and I wonder what kind of evidence they have against him. Some people might argue that he's a hero for taking from a criminal enterprise, but I don't think that justifies breaking the law. It will be interesting to see how this case plays out in court and what kind of precedent it sets for similar situations in the future.It will be very much tested this year when Trump is prosecuted under the theory that being in Washington DC counts as "out of the country" or "outside the jurisdiction of the city of New York" and therefore the statute of limitations has not run out.
This is a very simplistic view and this mistake is made a lot. There are several reasons why the statute of limitations could either be longer than 5 years or not yet expired even though it is 5 years:
- Tolling. This is when the suspect exits your jurisdiction, preventing you from apprehending them. If the statute of limitations really is 5 years, and you leave the country 4 years after the act; even if you stay abroad for a year, or 5 years, or 20 years, the clock only resumes when you return. You can still be charged 24 years after committing the offense.
- Furtherance. Put simply, if you continue to engage in the activity, the statute of limitations is reset. For example, this article describes his repeated moving of the assets after the initial theft in order to avoid detection.
- Special Circumstances. In this case, there are exceptions that mean that the statute of limitations is not actually 5 years.
It's not clear which of these apply. I would definitely bet on option #2. If he spent any time outside of the country, also apply option #1. If any of the special circumstances defined in the law apply, also apply option #3.