the district court held Lavabit in contempt for refusing to give up its encryption keys and imposed a $5,000-a-day fine until the company complied

In November 2018, Thompson agreed to surrender 500 gold coins salvaged from the wreck of the Central America, but then claimed he did not have access to the missing coins....  Since December 2015, he has been jailed indefinitely on charges of contempt of court until he cooperates.

Politics_And_Law

Criminal defendant ordered to turn over private keys, seedphrases, & passphrases

Arceris

https://www.aclutx.org/en/news/how-stop-government-putting-another-lavabit-out-business


> the district court held Lavabit in contempt for refusing to give up its encryption keys and imposed a $5,000-a-day fine until the company complied


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Gregory_Thompson

> In November 2018, Thompson agreed to surrender 500 gold coins salvaged from the wreck of the Central America, but then claimed he did not have access to the missing coins....  Since December 2015, he has been jailed indefinitely on charges of contempt of court until he cooperates.


