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Forbes flagged this account back in December and it still took prosecutors months to charge him.

Yes, what did you expect? That’s amazingly fast for federal prosecutors.

It does take a while for all warrants to be in place, run the investigation and tie up all loose ends.. 6 months is fast by bureaucracy standards.

The fact that he happened to be in NY is a lucky shot for the prosecutors.

Also they needed to wait for the person to travel to the US.