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Volume 22
April 2018 Edition
Phantom Secure also guaranteed the destruc-
tion of evidence contained within a device if it
was compromised, either by an informant or
because it fell into the hands of law enforce-
According to court documents, Phantom Secure
advertised its products as impervious to decryption, ment.
“Without arresting the principals and seizing the tech-
nology, including more than 150 domain names, you
wouldn’t be able to disrupt the communication.”
wiretapping or legal third-party records requests.
(Phantom Encrypt ad re encrypted mobile phones. Mobile
phone features and how to send PGP encrypted messages.)
The indictment alleges that as a result of its efforts to facil-
itate international crime, Phantom Secure has generated
approximately $80 million in annual revenue since 2008
and facilitated drug trafficking, obstruction of justice, and
violent crime around the world.
Over the past two weeks, in cooperation with Australian
Federal Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, more
than 250 agents around the globe conducted approx-
imately 25 searches of houses and offices of Phantom
Secure associates in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and
in Australia and Canada, seizing Phantom Secure devices,
assets, and evidence of the charged crimes.
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