Sound scary but when looking at the facts, it is probably reasonable.
Both the university, the court, and the lawyer seem to not raising any fuss yet, signaling that whatever this is, it likely all legal and severe enough to warrant absolute silence.
The employer was likely contacted far in advance for detail not available to the public, and very likely they complied and realized there are serious issues that can tarnish the university's reputation, so they erased his name from their payroll. This indicated court order and sufficient evidences for multiple parties to be concerned.
So... best guess? National security matter. Like it or not, espionage is a thing and under this administration, all foreigner, naturalized or not, are under extra scrutiny. And the US is not above applying stereotypes.
"Naivete", now, as opposed to trusting government agencies any other time in recent history?
I swear, people are acting like CIA black sites and NSA backdoors just started existing after years of apathy just because orange man got back into power and let the guy who made a crappy truck cut government jobs.
Can't wait for political winds to change in the next election and watch as all the ones crying about "government overreach" and "it's only natural all other countries should cut ties with us" to switch their tune once 'their guy' is in office, but all other branches of the machine operating just as before.
Truly no more a propagandized people; "Hackers" shilling for large unchecked governments, who'd-a-thought.
Nobody wants to hear it, but I don't think it's right to call it naivete. The source article says that local media were able to reach a lawyer representing the family, who did say they're not sure what the investigation is about but didn't say anything like "my clients are missing and I don't know where they've been taken". If the FBI hasn't filed formal charges yet, and the targets of the investigation aren't interested in talking to the public or the media, the only options are to wait for more information or engage in wild speculation.
Both the university, the court, and the lawyer seem to not raising any fuss yet, signaling that whatever this is, it likely all legal and severe enough to warrant absolute silence.
The employer was likely contacted far in advance for detail not available to the public, and very likely they complied and realized there are serious issues that can tarnish the university's reputation, so they erased his name from their payroll. This indicated court order and sufficient evidences for multiple parties to be concerned.
So... best guess? National security matter. Like it or not, espionage is a thing and under this administration, all foreigner, naturalized or not, are under extra scrutiny. And the US is not above applying stereotypes.