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Russian Snared By The FBI Sentenced To 3 Years

Posted by timothy on from the hubris-on-both-sides dept.

Mark Cantrell writes "Vasiliy Gorshkov, one of two Russian crackers who were arrested in November 2000 after the FBI broke into their computer systems were sentenced Friday. Taking pity on Gorshkov's family, they sentenced Gorshkov to 3 years in prison and a fine of nearly $700,000 USD. They also mention how a U.S. judge found that the FBI wasn't breaking any laws in breaking into a Russian computer system, despite the fact that they were breaking a Russian law doing so. So apparently, it's ok for Americans to break Russian law if they're in the U.S., but not ok for Russians to break U.S. law, even while in Russia."

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  1. Re:One rule for one... by scott1853 · · Score: 3, Funny


    They seem nice to me too.

    Matter of fact, I get e-mails every day from this lonely Russian women that's just looking for a good American man to marry her.

  2. Strange definition of pity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Taking pity on Gorshkov's family, they sentenced Gorshkov to 3 years in prison and a fine of nearly $700,000 USD"

    With pity like this, who needs enemies?

  3. Re:New slogan to appear on US currency by hitzroth · · Score: 4, Funny

    More like: "Do as we say, or else."

    --
    In mathematics, one does not understand things, one merely gets used to them.
    --VonNeumann
  4. Re:One rule for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I've never net one I didn't like.

    Are you fishing russians perhaps?

  5. Wow by JohnG · · Score: 3, Funny
    "So apparently, it's ok for Americans to break Russian law if they're in the U.S., but not ok for Russians to break U.S. law, even while in Russia." That's funny, I thought Dmitry was arrested in the United States. You learn something new every day.
    Maybe the congress critters would take our crys for rights more seriously if so many of us didn't run around with tin foil hats.