... the us is going to be accused of off-shore policing.
us territorial involvement in the crimes is tissue-thin. money at some point during a transaction touched a us bank. the crimes, it is claimed, were part-planned in the us (probably means they used an email address that touched a us server).
presumably this is us vengeance for not being awarded the world cup. but the uk, which also lost, had the strongest bid and it is also the home of football. heck, we even have david beckham, the handsomest footballer.