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Discussion of the original post when this first happened: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12379518

And quick followup after the story blew up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12394679

And discussion less than two weeks ago about the wire fraud case:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14517551

From the article, it seems that he's only been indicted for wire fraud. What would a likely outcome be? The statute caps sentencing at 20 years, but being a first-time offender, I doubt he will see anything of the sort.

You are correct. The alleged Federal Crime he committed was forging the wire transfers.

If he pleads out, I imagine he will be given a much reduced sentence and given his erasure of his online presence, it begs the question ... what's next?

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