Refusing to comply with RIPA can result in a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment, or five years in cases involving national security or child indecency.
I'd doubt not releasing a bitcoin wallet password is "withholding evidence" or "obstructing an investigation" in the same way as not giving the password to your 5TB child porn or terrorism related info hard drive
In America the police routinely use "obstruction" as a way to intimidate and bully people into pleading guilty, or giving up evidence. I think recent events have shown that if the government wants it, they're going to get it.
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I'd doubt not releasing a bitcoin wallet password is "withholding evidence" or "obstructing an investigation" in the same way as not giving the password to your 5TB child porn or terrorism related info hard drive
In America the police routinely use "obstruction" as a way to intimidate and bully people into pleading guilty, or giving up evidence. I think recent events have shown that if the government wants it, they're going to get it.