Indictment is an accusation, made typically by a prosecutor to a grand jury with no opportunity for the accused to offer evidence or rebut the charges. It proves only that a prosecutor is out to get you, not that you are guilty.
It is quite possible in a case such as this one that the accused did not understand the regulations (is the accuased a JD and experience in administrative law?), or did not keep books competently (is the accused a certified public accountant). Even if everything a prosecutor says is true, which is not always the case, and perhaps not often the case, there are still defenses such as incompetence (rather than criminal intent) in keeping books and doing paperwork. One should never jump to the conclusion that someone is a “criminal” based on an “indictment.”
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