| > May be I missed it but can someone tell me what was the crime the company was committing ? From the description in the article, obstruction of justice, at a minimum, possibly also with the intent of furthering other crimes and civil wrongs by the firm or it's customers. > Almost any company will have defensive strategies such as stalling LEOs and Warrants in whatever way they can. Many companies will do anything within the law to do this, which is, of course, not a crime. But “whatever way they can” is a crime. > A lot of this is not really "crime" as in kidnapping people or shooting people dead in some alley. Yes, obstruction of justice is a different crime than murder or kidnapping. It's just as real of a crime. > Is having shell companies a crime ? No, but using them fraudulently can be a crime and/or a civil wrong, and which has been involved in both civil liability already established against the firm and CEO in question and which is seems to be a key part of the mechanism of the fraud involved in the 20-count federal criminal indictment against them. [0] [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/fraud-case-in-charleston-s-c-sh... |