https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-charges-carry-up-to-40-years-in-jail.313496/ e.g.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carruthers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-industry-crisis-U-S-arrest-British-boss.html
Because this is the land of opportunity? By the way the 2nd guy is British and: "involve the indictment of non-US persons for actions taken outside the United States, the Carruthers case has attracted much media attention." What is kind of BS. He was screwed for running online gambling and the US government was closing it down.
I created a poorly worded title to this thread. any helpful suggestion how to reword it? the point behind this thread is why do people whose business activity is legal in their home countries visit the US where same activity is considered to be illegal.
No, but you can avoid it by don't drink and post. The correct title would be: Why does the USA arrest non-citizens for crimes committed outside of the United States?
your suggestion is also poorly worded, fellow member of the drinking class. there was no crime committed in the non-citizens home country. the crime , I suppose was communicating with US residents.
"There are just laws and there are unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that an unjust law is no law at all... One who breaks an unjust law must do it openly, lovingly...I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law." Martin Luther King
these people have lawyers and know their industry. in one case, maybe the person didn't anticipate/know that his plane was going to make a short stay-over in the US. it was either bad planning or bad luck, if the plane made an unforeseen landing in the US.