Back when I was a CFI in Florida in the late 80s a guy walked into our FBO, he had been driven up in a white van with state tags and wire mesh over the windows. He was finishing a trafficking sentence and had served his FAA suspensions while incarcerated. (something about flying a multiengine airplane with out a ME rating and flying an airplane over 12,500 without a type rating.) He was legal for the FAA, so I am sure once this plays out the Captain will be back at work.