Possibly because it would cost the FBI orders of magnitude more than the damages to investigate.
The damages which amazon will likely refund.
The FBI does not target petty thieves.
The damages which amazon will likely refund.
The FBI does not target petty thieves.
Their statutory minimum to investigate is 5k, but they suggested it's worth getting in touch with them either way. If nothing else, it'll give them an excuse to say "cyber" a few more times.
They listened politely until I said how much it was worth -- one of my favorite quotes was "If you added a zero to the end, we'd knock down their door at 6AM tomorrow. For $3,500 it's simply not worth our time."
He is still a criminal either way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
The question is whether the poster is such a person.