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Sometimes when somebody somehow manages to prove some corporation has committed a crime, beyond all reasonable doubt, there might be a punishment doled out to said corporation. But nothing happens to the people responsible. Where as if these botnet herders are caught and found guilty, they will be punished, not able to just file corporate bankruptcy and start another corporation. In short, there is infinitely more risk involved for them.
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