Comment on Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M
astraeus@programming.dev 2 months ago
I need to read more of the court case, did he just create a ton of free accounts? If that’s the case, then he shouldn’t be charged with anything because the worst crime he has committed is breaching TOS. Don’t they have arbitration clauses in those?
Alto@kbin.social 2 months ago
He's not being charged with the not paying his bills part, he's being charged with the committing fraud to be able to get that much server time part.
astraeus@programming.dev 2 months ago
Yeah but isn’t that on the provider to verify?
barsoap@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Indeed to catch a fraudster and then file a criminal complaint you should verify stuff.
Attempt is usually punishable when it comes to fraud, btw, he’d be on the hook even if caught before services were rendered.