It seems like the agents of Project Faustus are at foot. If I were that security researcher, I would look into getting some life insurance...immediately! One cannot underestimate the threat posed by Faustus.
He was arrested for not persuing the appropriate piracy channels in Hong Kong. Namely going to retail stores that sell pirate dvds. BT poses a threat to the triad-run piracy market, and they obviously wanted to crack down on such behaviour.