You replied to this: >> Deleting your data is absolutely a crime when you know the authorities could've wanted whatever it was you deleted -- even if they have

You replied to this: >> Deleting your data is absolutely a crime when you know the authorities could've wanted whatever it was you deleted -- even if they haven't told you yet. > Can you provide a statute number for this crime please? Any federal or even state statute will do with this: > The google search required to find the answer ("federal statute for destruction of evidence") is shorter than your question here. > "Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry..."[0] The person you were replying to was asking for the basis of the crime where you haven't been informed police wanted your data. I pointed that out with a scenario. It's not a strawman.