Makes no sense. Its as if they just don't agree on the terminology: church, mosque, synagogue... so they get into a childish argument with adult weaponry.
These people are stuck in their predicaments because their methods of achieving things just don't work. "Occupy Wall Street"... Don't they know the majority of trades are made online these days??
The intelligence of the vast majority of people falls short of being in the top 10th percentile.
This is true in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and, yes ladies and gentlemen, even Antarctica.
So they caught this kid... I wonder what their success rate is in finding and prosecuting such cases. I'm sure this happens all the time.
And if the kid had used a proxy server for the emails, they would never have been traced back to him...
First thing you should know is that you're going to lose money at first. If you're willing to take a loss at the beginning of your career then you're set. If you're not in a position to take a loss then don't get in.