CEO of Encrypted Chat Platform Indicted for Aiding Organised Criminals
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday announced an indictment against Jean-Francois Eap, the CEO of encrypted messaging company Sky Global, and an associate for wilfully participating in a criminal enterprise to help international drug traffickers avoid law enforcement.
Eap (also known as 888888 ) and Thomas Herdman, a former high-level distributor of Sky Global devices, have been charged with a conspiracy to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), according to warrants issued for their arrests. The indictment alleges that Sky Global generated hundreds of millions of dollars providing a service that allowed criminal networks around the world to hide their international drug trafficking activity from law enforcement, Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman said in the announcement. This groundbreaking investigation should send a serious message to companies who thi
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Mon, Mar 15th 2021 10:59am
Tim Cushing
The DOJ has indicted another company for supposedly making it easier for criminals to elude law enforcement. The true target, though, isn t the company whose principals have been indicted, but encryption itself.
A couple of years ago the DOJ decided to bring RICO charges against Phantom Secure, a cellphone provider that catered to the criminal element with uncrackable phones/messaging services built on existing Blackberry hardware/software.
The FBI approached Phantom Secure, asking for an encryption backdoor that would allow it to snoop on its customers. Phantom Secure declined the FBI s advances. Its phones originally marketed to professionals desirous of additional security were soon marketed to criminals, a market sector that truly valued the security options offered by Phantom.
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