There's an extreme difference in severity between trying to buy a bomb and trying to pay for DDoSaaS. I'd rather people come out of this sort of thing unscathed but wiser, especially if they're simply ignorant of the law, which seems to be the objective of that tactic.

Besides, if something is illegal and there's a significant portion of offenders who are truly ignorant of its illegality, perhaps a new approach to education is needed, which this tactic also covers.

Maybe other organizations will take notes...