It took $100,000 plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the FBI in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document
Persons are detained by Australian Federal Police after its Operation Ironside against organised crimeJAKARTA -It took $100,000 plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document.
The source came on board after authorities dismantled the Phantom Secure encrypted smartphone network and arrested its CEO in 2018. As the AFP monitored the messages and photos shared on the devices, "100% of ANOM users in the test phase used ANOM to engage in criminal activity", the affidavit said. Business grew organically, by word-of-mouth. Soon overseas criminals were flocking to use the ANOM phone.
The FBI and other countries' law enforcers discovered that Italian organised crime, Asian triads, biker gangs and transnational drug syndicates were all users.
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