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>>tafda+(OP)
This is a plea deal, no one is going to plea to the maximum, which in this case is 20 years. The punishment can also be a fine [1], which may be fitting if the goal was profit from a YouTube video.

When news articles mention the maximum, especially in headlines, it feels a bit misleading. It seems there's a decent chance there is little or no prison.

[1]https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1519

>>pigbea+77
Relevant here is Popehat’s “Whale Sushi. Sentence: ELEVENTY MILLION YEARS.”

https://www.popehat.com/2013/02/05/crime-whale-sushi-sentenc...

>>542458+Z8
Popehat nailed it: breathless headlines proclaimed "up to" 67 years in federal prison, he ended up with 2 years of probation.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sushi-chef-whal...