I want to believe this. Please tell me how this works with the plea deal for something completely unrelated to his IT work.
Not a lawyer but here goes.
The investigation was very narrowly focused on financial matters. Awan probably brought up the IT stuff and they rebuffed him and told him stay on subject or the deal would fail. He did so,
So, he is protected from any prosecution of matters which he revealed to the investigators. He is not immune for prosecution of anything that does not involve his financial dealings.
They gave him a deal that meant nothing. It was the only deal he could have gotten. He is going to be on the hot seat when the IT portion comes around and is going to jail for a long time.
One question that has occurred to me is if he communicated across state lines over his server network, does that constitute interstate crime? I sort of suspect it does and he is going to feel the burn when it comes down him.
Executive Summary. Awan, you’re screwed.