This is a pretty nasty situation that could happen to anyone. It might not have even been the wifi password. Any malware could have set up a vpn and done the same thing. Of course it's important to stop real crime but there has to be some improvements here.
At the very least they could have collected the passwords for the devices and dumped the storage to be investigated later rather than leaving these people without their essential devices for 3 months.
At the very least they could have collected the passwords for the devices and dumped the storage to be investigated later rather than leaving these people without their essential devices for 3 months.