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And it seems, that Christopher Wade, the cofounder of Corellium received a full pardon by Pres. Trump last week for cybercrime charges.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-pr...

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What crimes did he commit before? I couldn't find anything on it

> his sentence is under seal, as are the offences under which he is convicted.

It's rather scary that such a thing is possible.

It's common after convictions that judges can seal or expunge charges. It's with the permission of the convicted. The point of a public trial is to protect the defendant, not just so the public is aware generally.

I believe the interests of the public are best served with transparency of our justice system. Unless public knowledge would truly pose more harm to the convicted than the sentence itself and stigma that any conceited criminal bears, then it should be public. If sealed under the "additional harm" principal, the public should be provided with at least the broad strokes of that potential harm so that public scrutiny of our justice system is possible. The more such scrutiny is lacking, the more room for abuse.

No, public awareness is an explicit goal of the system, and one of the factors that must be considered in a motion to seal legal filings.

Is it related to the case against his virtualization solution for iOS?

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