Thailand approves extradition of credit card hack suspect
A criminal court in Thailand has approved the extradition to the US of a Malaysian man suspected of participating in credit card thefts of more than $152m, according to a local news report. Gooi Kokseng, 44, was arrested on January 30 after being accused of causing more than 5 billion baht, or $152.9m, in damage by accessing …
If they send him to the US he'll get a few years and come out to a cushy job in computer security. They should just try him right there in Thailand instead. A few decades in the pleasant hospitality of a Thai prison would be a much more fitting consequence than mere extradition!
Im sure he'll find prison life in the US to be substantially better then in Thailand...
So life in a tropical paradise after stealing $5m is inferior to a US jailhouse?
I'm flying stateside for a life of crime, then!
I'm not convinced he'll have such a nice time in a US prison. If he doesn't make friends easily, he might be a target for the any of the race-based gangs. If he does make friends easily, he may leave prison with a very sore bum. Alternatively, he could end up in a prison like that run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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