ryanlopl

Where is it alleged that some of his victims were in the United States? I'm sorry, I just can't find such a claim in the court documents.

In fact, the DOJ press release specifically names a bunch of countries that aren't the US https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/man-charged-his-role-cr...

>According to publically available information, since it was created, Kronos has been configured to exfiltrate user credentials associated with banking systems located in Canada, Germany, Poland, France, and the United Kingdom, among others countries.

Of course, given the nature of the malware it's very likely that at least someone in the US was affected.

As far as I'm aware it is not alleged that Marcus Hutchins caused material damages to Americans, it is alleged that he sold his malware to Americans.

I could be wrong, but I don't think the federal government has ever claimed that any Americans were infected with Kronos.

FWIW his crimes didn't target any country specifically, so he could've faced trouble anywhere in the world.

There's not necessarily anything wrong with prosecuting him in the US, but presumably the US authorities could've just as well spared themselves the work and referred this to the UK authorities in whose jurisdiction the crimes were committed.

He was 23 when he was arrested in 2017, he certainly wasn't a minor when the events described in the indictment took place in 2014-2015.