Trevor Milton is innocent, his lawyers said in a statement.
This is a new low in the governments efforts to criminalize lawful business conduct.
Every executive in America should be horrified.

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He was also freed on a $100 million bail secured by his2,700-acre propertyin Utah.
But now the companys future seems rather ominous.

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Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.