I’m not claiming that there were no violations of US law involved here. I’m not a lawyer.What I do very strongly suspect is that any laws that might have been violated were violated unintentionally and because of that fact it should have been resolved by top US officials,top Hyundai executives and senior ROK diplomats...not with a raid reminiscent of a raid of an apartment building full of Guatemalan fentanyl dealers.
Hyundai is a multi billion dollar international company. I’m 1000% certain they knew what they were doing was illegal under US law and did it to save money anyway. Enforcement may have been a bit hamfisted but the law breakers should not be given the benefit of the doubt here. They’re guilt and trying to deflect.