She hacked banking institutions and stock exchange systems with nanites injecting computer viruses, digitally dissolving all loans, transactions, and their traces. She then sent forth her nanites to every storage facility and ordered them to destroy all archives and printed records.

The majority of people rejoiced at discovering they owed nothing on their credit cards, school, automobile, or home loans.

Months later ...

A flying saucer orbited Earth, then landed near the US Capitol Building with two male humanoid aliens stepping out. A 'New Earth' woman ambassador came out to greet them.

"Who are you?" asked the ambassador.

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"We're bounty hunters," answered the leader. "We've come to capture our fugitive. We believe she's hiding out somewhere in your country."

"What's her crime?" asked the ambassador.

"Galactic economic sabotage," answered the leader.

"Explain what you mean ..." said the ambassador, as she gestured with her hands behind her.

"Our world recovered from an economic depression while her family and billions of our people died from 'The Great Illness.' She blamed our free-market economy and made it her mission to destroy any private institutions throughout the galaxy that create debt."

"Security!" yelled the ambassador.

"Hands up!" Armed guards came out of hiding and surrounded the alien bounty hunters.

"What's this?" asked the leader.

"I was about to file bankruptcy myself, and she saved me," said the ambassador. "Guards, take them away!" She then phoned the alien fugitive, "We got them, ma'am ... Yes, I think we can replicate their weapons and the saucer too. Thank you for saving us all!"