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U.S. Abandons Extradition Case Against Lauri Love

posted by takyon on Tuesday February 20 2018, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Lauri Love case: US abandons extradition case

Efforts to extradite alleged computer hacker Lauri Love have been abandoned by US authorities.

[...] Mr Love said he may help UK investigators to bring charges to get the case "over and done with".

American authorities confirmed they will not fight a High Court decision to block Mr Love's extradition to the US, on the grounds it would be "oppressive". A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman confirmed Mr Love will not be extradited.

Also at Bloomberg and The Hill.

Previously: Lauri Love to be Extradited to the U.S.
Lauri Love's Appeal Will be Heard in the UK on November 28th and 29th
Cracking Suspect Lauri Love Wins Appeal Against Extradition to US

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @10:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @10:03PM (#640882)

    Possibly, or more likely, they realized that this wasn't going anywhere and that getting the UK to cooperate wasn't going to happen.

    This is one of the reasons why cybercrime continues to be a problem, crimes are often treated like they happened abroad even when the victims are domestic. Which means that even if the perpetrator is brought in for trial, the prosecutor has little incentive to take the matter seriously as the damage was done abroad.

  • (Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Wednesday February 21 2018, @06:29PM

    by Yog-Yogguth (1862) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 21 2018, @06:29PM (#641298) Journal

    Their only choice is to arrest the guilty electrons at the border crossing, nothing else is viable in the long run.

    It's a Schrödzinger: both a joke and not a joke.

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