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> Perhaps it's not as life altering as jail or fines, but still: no holidays in Florida or Hawaii. No meeting peers at a congres in the US. Not even using flights from American carriers to go to South America, as they will likely pass via a US hub.

This is both telling, and curious. The kind of mental model of the world required to foster this as a concern for most people, is interesting.

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Russian cyber criminals and other rich people often vacation globally. I didn’t check the defendant’s facebooks but I would be surprised if they have never visited the US.

Yeah rich people travel all over the place, sure, but equating the inability to visit Florida or Hawaii with jail time?!

Florida? Putting Florida and Hawaii in the same sentence, is funny at best. There are plenty of countries these guys can travel to, if they have enough money, they can get a passport with a different name, etc. People don't care about the US as much as Americans think. Maybe OPs is from some 3rd world country where going to America is the dream of a lifetime.

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