[Zak]

When measuring a large scale crime like that of Cerebral, the number of victims is as important as the magnitude of the impact. There were 3.1 million victims. Stealing a dollar each from 3.1 million people would get the kind of law enforcement response that stealing $3.1M does even though the individual impact of that crime is virtually nil.

[p1esk]

Stealing a dollar each from 3.1 million people would get the kind of law enforcement response that stealing $3.1M does even though the individual impact of that crime is virtually nil

That's an interesting question whether it's fair to treat it this way. I can see valid arguments on both sides.