Yes and yes. He is fleeing actual prosecution on criminal charges by the South Koreans.
He has even been served a subpoena by the SEC while in the US before. He was forced to sit down and respond to questions. He sued them about it because the SEC is supposedly not meant to serve you in public, but I suspect he was a pretty tricky guy to serve at all. Early enforcement would have been good, and it maybe would have required a bit of force given what we know about his flight risk.
He has even been served a subpoena by the SEC while in the US before. He was forced to sit down and respond to questions. He sued them about it because the SEC is supposedly not meant to serve you in public, but I suspect he was a pretty tricky guy to serve at all. Early enforcement would have been good, and it maybe would have required a bit of force given what we know about his flight risk.
https://news.bitcoin.com/sec-files-action-against-terraform-...