I doubt that Coinbase would want to arrest this person at their offices. I'm sure that the plan was to question the suspect with the FBI present. If the FBI ask

I doubt that Coinbase would want to arrest this person at their offices. I'm sure that the plan was to question the suspect with the FBI present. If the FBI asks a question, and you lie, it's a felony. If your employer asks you a question and you lie, it's legal. Either way, this was a ruse to get WAHI to start talking. Likely they would execute a search warrant at his residence after he left to appear in-person. As an FYI, people under investigation by federal authorities are added to a database that alerts agents to the purchase of any flight tickets (domestic or international). Unfortunately for the suspect this means he will undoubtedly be detained until his trial in several years.