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How an Underground Tech CEO Escaped the FBI
In this week's episode of CYBER, Joseph Cox tells the narrative story of encrypted phone company Phantom Secure.
The Network: How a Secretive Phone Company Helped the Crime World Go Dark
Vince Ramos wanted Phantom Secure to be the Uber of privacy-focused, luxury-branded phones—flood the market with devices, and sort out the law later. Then the FBI investigated him.
The FBI Tried to Plant a Backdoor in an Encrypted Phone Network
The FBI wanted a backdoor in Phantom Secure, an encrypted phone company that sold to members of the Sinaloa cartel, and which is linked to the alleged leaking of sensitive law enforcement information in Canada.
CEO Pleads Guilty to Selling Encrypted Phones to Organized Crime
Phantom Secure made custom, encrypted BlackBerry phones and sold them to customers all over the world, including to the Sinaloa cartel, according to prosecutors.
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