how public vpn service providers avoid being liable for illegal activity of their customers [migrated]
There are tons of VPN service providers that allow VPN connections for some little amount like 5-15$ per month. Imagine a malicious person using some of these services to hide his cyber-criminal activities. Say, he hacked a website resulting a major data breach. Even if the breach was successful, there is a high chance that the IP address will be recorded somewhere in the logs, either inside a hacked system or within its own ISP or both. So, theoretically, police will come to this VPN company owning this IP with the warrant or claim or whatsoever. My question is to someone inside this VPN industry - how the VPN companies continue to live and operate and their owners not going to jail.
Note: I perfectly know how these companies prohibit illegal activity in their Terms & Conditions published, but it's unclear to me how it protects them from prosecution rather than from affected victims.
