Here's the section of the law that he was charged under: False statements, evasion of duties 153. No person shall (b) to avoid compliance with this Act or th

Here's the section of the law that he was charged under: False statements, evasion of duties 153. No person shall (b) to avoid compliance with this Act or the regulations, (i) destroy, alter, mutilate, secrete or dispose of records or books of account, (ii) make, or participate in, assent to or acquiesce in the making of, false or deceptive entries in records or books of account, or (iii) omit, or participate in, assent to or acquiesce in the omission of, a material particular from records or books of account; I'm not a lawyer, but I would be pretty dismayed if a court agrees that this covers withholding a password.