Can you elaborate? Have you been creating malware (banking trojans) and selling it online?
But i have this; A middle-eastern last name, I use Tor, I use Linux, and I use Telegram, I am active in the field of IT and especially enjoy IT security.
I know that I can be held indefinitely if I visit the USA. In the USA you're guilty until proven innocent, unlike the rest of the western world. Simply going to the USA is more risk than it is for practically every other country. Well, for me, and a lot of people like me.
That's what my comment was about.
EDIT: How is it relevant to the article? Well, he is an IT security specialist who wanted to visit DEFCON. Yes, I understand what he did was wrong, it was his own risk.
He wasn't middle eastern, he wasn't arrested for using Tor, Linux, or Telegram.
It claims that Hutchins was part of a conspiracy to sell Kronos, and that defendant [redacted] sold Kronos, but doesn't state that Hutchins advertised or sold Kronos.
The only solid claim against Hutchins is that he created Kronos, which doesn't stack up with his tweet asking for a sample of Kronos.
The following claim is that Hutchins and [redacted] updated Kronos.
It's not exactly a smoking gun.
The underlying message for the community is "if you stand out in the way and go noticed, your identity will be disclosed and then you got owned". Keeping your real identity safe and your activity low-key on the other hand, will increase the probabilities to pass unnoticed and preserve your actual life and freedom.
Is the wrong message. Nobody will dare to try to be a hero the next time.