The court vacates LIBOR convictions with significant implications for US criminal cases involving cross-border investigations.

Key Points:

..The Fifth Amendment also limits the use a defendant’s statements compelled by a foreign power.

..The government bears the “heavy burden” of showing all evidence is derived from a source “wholly independent” of a defendant’s statements compelled by a foreign power.

..The government’s reliance on tainted evidence before a grand jury was not harmless and warrants dismissal of indictment.