Do you realize how many Xer husbands have over the years promised their Xer wives that one day they would be gajillionaires?? Who knows what would happen if this case ever ended? The downfall of society as we know it? The cratering of the world economy? The Pope committing Hari kari? This case cannot end. Not until all Xers have died and been buried and only their grandchildren are around to speak the great myths of what was to be of CMKX. Besides, Spielberg hasn't finished casting all the roles yet. They need to wait until Mila Kunis is old enough to play the role of Janice Shell.
Not exactly. I'm sure the DOJ would like for all this to be over. The problem was that they were dealing with an unusually large number of perps, and they'd fled all over the world.
The much more recent Bandfield case worked out much better for them. It, too, featured a lot of defendants. But nearly all were arrested in the States (though not all were U.S. citizens) fairly quickly. And most agreed to plead guilty quickly.