I have noticed that government agents are relatively quick to assign blame when there has been no conviction. The charges were filed & ultimately dropped, so there has been no determination by the government that this was a violation of the law. I've been a victim of this myself. When launching the first online notary service, the CA secretary of state published an erroneous notice that we had committed a crime. When we spoke with their office, they indicated that there was no evidence of any crime. It ultimately took 2 years, and the threat of a lawsuit, to remove the false statements.
I have noticed that government agents are relatively quick to assign blame when there has been no conviction. The charges were filed & ultimately dropped, so there has been no determination by the government that this was a violation of the law. I've been a victim of this myself. When launching the first online notary service, the CA secretary of state published an erroneous notice that we had committed a crime. When we spoke with their office, they indicated that there was no evidence of any crime. It ultimately took 2 years, and the threat of a lawsuit, to remove the false statements.