>The problem is the US arresting someone who was. not. in. the. USA. when committing the crime (if he did).
How is this a problem? if you cause material damages to Americans and you then go to the US the country is going to come after you.
Why would the US not protect its citizens to the best of its ability and prosecute people who harmed them, even if they harmed them from a place that wasn't the US. We're talking about global financial crimes, they don't know any borders to begin with.
If you kill someone outside of the US, and then you travel to the US, I'd be concerned if you wouldn't get arrested
Not even that, he sold his malware, not to Americans specifically, or targeted at Americans at all, but he sold malware that someone subsequently used against US citizens.
How is this a problem? if you cause material damages to Americans and you then go to the US the country is going to come after you.
Why would the US not protect its citizens to the best of its ability and prosecute people who harmed them, even if they harmed them from a place that wasn't the US. We're talking about global financial crimes, they don't know any borders to begin with.
If you kill someone outside of the US, and then you travel to the US, I'd be concerned if you wouldn't get arrested