Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. He admitted conspiracy to supply 31 kilos of cocaine, 200 tablets of MDMA, 14 grams of ketamine, 51 kilos of cannabis and four kilos of heroin. He supplied large quantities of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines around the country and was arrested in September last year. Investigators were able to access his contacts via an Encrochat phone. The major international sting involved a system . The hacking of the network was compared to cracking the enigma code by Nikki Holland, then director of investigations at the NCA. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. More than two tonnes of drugs, several dozen guns and 54m in suspect cash . Police also found a building in Rotterdam, which they believe was another criminal base. READ MORE: 27m drug boss caught fleeing to Spain in BMW with girlfriend after spending spree, 56 - 58: Alexander Keating - DullTuna and WealthyMace, Paul Dillon - WaspLawn, and Dylan Garforth - DiorIce. In one container, they also discovered police clothing and bulletproof vests. It operated on customised Android phones and, according to its website, provided "worry-free secure communications". The operation followed the infiltration of a the EncroChat encrypted communications network used by organised criminals to . Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? Peter Heron was caught supplying cocaine and cannabis as part of the EncroChat hack. 11 October 2022 - French Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation provided a landmark ruling on evidence from hacked EncroChat. Coordinated by Europol and specialist French investigators, the string of arrests comes two years after French police hacked into the encrypted messaging network, used by thousands of high end criminals to discuss drug deals, money laundering and violence. We'd love to hear from you. His Encrochat handle was AtomicMantis and he was the first to be convicted on Merseyside as part of Operation Venetic. Bradley Luxton laughed with a fellow drug dealer that they would need 'loads of Skys' - an alternative platform to EncroChat. A military-grade encrypted communication system called Encrochat, allegedly used by organised criminals trading in drugs and guns, was hacked by police and their partners. According to Green, at the time Krusky worked with a Canadian company that wanted to sell secure phones, but it had no customers. The network, said by the authorities to have been a hotbed for gangland plots, was penetrated in a joint French-Dutch probe in April 2020. READ MORE: Block of Stilton cheese led to the downfall of EncroChat drug dealer. Jack Pritchard, 29, of Mavis Drive, Coppull, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs cocaine, and was sentenced to 10 years. Police have made more than 1,000 arrests in the UK after French investigators infected EncroChat phones around the world with a software "implant" that covertly harvested messages and data . This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. An unidentified source associated with EncroChat . 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EncroChat messages showed 10 weeks of multi kilo trading between April 1 and June 13, 2020 but notes on Talbot and DampHedge's EncroChat devices showed the "full scale" of the scheme, dating back to January 2019. Skillen, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order, was jailed for 15 years. The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. Dubbed EncroChat, the top-secret encrypted communication app comes pre-installed on a customized Android . ", Liverpool salon owner providing 'safety net' for new beauticians, The female-run salon provides a 'safe space' for women, M&S shoppers praise 'lovely' 27.50 dress that's 'very flattering', One M&S shopper said: "Excellent dress and great fit. Sometimes called the criminal's WhatsApp, it advertised its service as being 'the electronic equivalent of a conversation . Underworld banker Kevin Allan moved 1m of dirty cash for cocaine and cannabis bosses. The period just after 9/11 saw wrongful arrests skyrocket. EncroChat dealer George Marsh 's international crime network was destroyed by personal messages he sent to his contacts. In the UK, authorities arrested 746 suspected top-tier criminals who are believed to be involved in murder, gun smuggling and drug trafficking crimes, and seized 54m in cash and 1.5 tonnes of . The main target of the operation, according to the report, was a Canadian suspect called Paul K. Investigators had been monitoring Keating, of Lunts Heath Road, Widnes, Garforth, of no fixed address, and Dillon, of Norlands Park, Widnes, for three months via the hacked EncroChat network. He admitted conspiring to supply cocaine and cannabis and conspiring to convert criminal property, between December 29, 2019 and May 30, 2020. For reasons unknown he was then released. Police across Europe have used the information secured by French and Dutch detectives who secretly monitored the EncroChat service . Laite admitted conspiracy to supply cannabis. Demand for the devices soared as law enforcement officials shut down older, rival encrypted networks, including one called EncroChat that was dismantled in July 2020 and another, Sky Global, that . Image purporting to show drugs seized by police in a series of raids in SE London, Kent and Sussex yesterday (September 22). Luxton, of Birch Avenue, Upton, was jailed for 16 years. The 43-year-old used the clandestine phone network to trade at least 12 kilos of cocaine and five kilos of heroin in just 10 weeks. READ MORE: Gang threatened to 'chop off ears' and hold iron to chest of pensioner, 39. The dad-of-three was exposed as a "wholesale" drug dealer behind the secret handles "TrustPilot" and "PrawnPilot". He delivered at least 44 kilos of cocaine and stored hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash in his family home in Linkside Road. Simon Roberts - MajorFox and FanaticFirm. Join more than 56,000 other people who are members of our Liverpool court cases and crime stories Facebook group and you'll get access to all the latest stories from court reporter Neil Docking. When contacted by VICE World News, Europol said it could not confirm the arrests because they are part of an ongoing operation, and expressed frustration that details of the arrests had been published in French media. But it was EncroChat messages, recovered in April 2020, which gave officers the additional evidence to blow the lid on the network. A group of lawyers representing defendants in EncroChat related cases recently published an open letter in which they said their clients have not received fair trials due to the intense secrecy around how French military police carried out the technical operation against EncroChat. Anthony Lenehan, 57 and of Scarisbrick Road in Walton, was jailed for drugs and passport offences. Quinn used the EncroChat handle WiredFork. Steven Nicholls, 41, of Ibbotson Lane, Aigburth, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit arsons with intent, conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply heroin, and transferring criminal property. Keating admitted conspiring to supply 30kg of cocaine and large quantities of cannabis; Dillon admitted conspiring to supply 3kg of cocaine, large amounts of ketamine, and to supplying more than 500,000 of cannabis, and Garforth admitted conspiring to supply 10kg of cocaine. READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 41. The Le Parisien report did not publish Paul Ks full name. Now that Krusky has been arrested, Motherboard can add that the EncroChat member who sent the emails was Krusky. NCA director of investigations Nikki Holland said: "This is the biggest and the most significant law enforcement operation of its kind in the UK and it is previously unmatched in terms of its scale.". . Paul Krusky played a crucial role in the development of encrypted phone firm EncroChat. After locating the containers in April in Wouwse Plantage, near the Belgian border, police put the area under observation and found that multiple men were working on them almost every day. Following a police hack of the EncroChat network, officers were able to link the 45-year-old to the phone, on which he discussed smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cocaine on boats. In some of those cases the charges stemmed around the owners alleged participation in money laundering. Signing up is free and it only takes a minute for you to get the biggest stories, sent straight to your inbox. Their capture followed a raid at the home of Paul Dillon, 32, a few months earlier on Tuesday, June 30, when police seized almost 30,000 in cash. Some of the evidence has been obtained by French police, who have intercepted many messages on the encrypted EncroChat programme used by criminal networks across the continent in recent months after breaching its . As always you can unsubscribe at any time. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers planned to flood Merseyside with Class A drugs. Sean Skinner, 41, of Nightingale Vale, Greenwich SE18, was arrested on June 19, 2020. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer boasted of 'mayday' airport smuggling scheme, 43. After French and Dutch police broke into EncroChat, British police were permitted to use their findings, meaning UK police forces were then able to kick down doors and make arrests. Eventually Kruskys product operated under the name EncroChat, according to emails obtained by Motherboard. Paul Krusky played a crucial role in the development of encrypted phone firm EncroChat. The 49-year-old was stopped after officers became suspicious of his taxi credentials when they spotted his vehicle on the M62 in June. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'butterflyjuice' jailed for almost a decade. The Tobin brothers Alan Tobin, 52, (left) and John Tobin, 40, (right). The huge operation has been taking place over the past three months with police seizing 13m of cash in London alone. Strachan was convicted of a conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. READ MORE: Window cleaner became 'MajorFox' in EncroChat ring after business dried up, 50 - 51. Craig O'Hare - also MagicCider. D.Wilkinson was handed a four years and eight sentence, while Aldred was jailed for two years and eight months. Cocaine dealer William Skillen was linked to a sinister drug gang who threatened to "chop off ears" and batter an OAP in a 500,000 robbery plot. 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Zoe Drewett Thursday 2 Jul 2020 12:36 pm. The 34-year-old kept his two EncroChat phones until March the following year, when police raided his house and exposed his multi-kilo cocaine business. The identity of the crook who has adopted the name of the Reds' Brazilian shot stopper on the secret phone network remains a mystery. #encro Three men have been arrested in London and two in Western Sydney following the seizure of 450 kilos of MDMA hidden within an excavator that was shippe. Police raided his home in Marley Close, Rainhill on June 16 last year and found rooms matched photos sent by Moore on EncroChat. READ MORE: Dad's drug deals with 'BiggieSmalls' and 'SixTimesLFC' on EncroChat. David Blackburn - SuperBiking. READ MORE: EncroChat drug boss boasted he made 20K before 8pm. READ MORE: Dad moved 4.5m of cocaine and heroin for international drug lord. Christopher Perryman, 39, of Gloucester Road, Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. READ MORE: Dad who became Encrochat's 'go-to man' for drugs and guns, 49. Detectives intercepted Alexander Keating, 30, and Dylan Garforth, 25, on Thursday, October 15, before they could depart for the continent. 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Following today's guilty verdict, he will be sentenced on 4 January 2022 at . READ MORE: Encrochat 'Loadedsun' dealer jailed after returning from Spain, 35. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Do you know anything else about Encrochat or its owners? Alan Tobin was sentenced to 20 years in jail and John received a 19 year and eight month sentence following a Cheshire Police probe linked to the seizure of 186kg of cocaine. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers 'Laughingstorm', 'Kindtailor' and 'Wiredfork' see empires crumble after hack. Liam Garvey, 28, was arrested at his home on The Boulevard, Thatto Heath, St Helens on May 13 this year as part of the police operation targeting criminals who used the encrypted network. Jordan Talbot was exposed as EncroChat boss "LittleNev" - a leader of a plot involving "at least" 500kg of Class A drugs. To get a behind the scenes look at how they work and the moments that don't make our stories, subscribe to our free weekly Echo Court Files newsletter, written by court reporter Neil Docking. Simon Roberts became a "trusted" member of a large-scale drugs gang after his window cleaning business dried up. Last month the CEO of a drug trafficking organisation known by his underworld alias Piet Costa, was jailed for 17 years for drug importation, money laundering and setting up torture chambers inside shipping containers found by Dutch police in July 2020. Talbot, Carlton and Ward all admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs and possessing criminal property. The dealer, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to four counts of supplying the drugs. EncroChat phones are among the most secure mobiles in the world Credit: YouTube Marketed as the "world's most secure handset", the device is popular among hitmen, drug lords and other major criminals. Dillon and Keating also admitted conspiracy to transfer a firearm.. Keating was jailed for 22 years and five months; Dillon for 18 years; and Garforth for 15 years. Nathan Loftus was involved in importing tens of kilos of heroin and cocaine from Holland into the country through Liverpool. Jordan Hughes traded cocaine and heroin with crooks using names of Liverpool FC stars on EncroChat. Shaun Done, 25, of Beech Road, Huyton was sentenced to seven years, nine months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis and conspiracy to acquire/use/possess criminal property. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer nicknamed 'coastalsummer' tried to flee naked through window in raid, 31 David Pinnington - LoftyHail and 32. Michael Townsend,26, of Grant Road, Huyton was sentenced to six years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday, February 9. Two drug dealers involved in a huge cocaine plot were arrested as they tried to board a flight to Spain at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Talbot and Ward also admitted conspiring to supply Class B drugs. Detectives discovered Dillon and Keating had used EncroChat to discuss the transfer of a "viable firearm" - referring to a pistol and revolver - and conspired with Garforth over the supply of Class A and B drugs. Jordan Hughes, 30, of Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to supplying multi-kilos of heroin and cocaine. French investigators managed to access Encrochat, an encrypted platform . When European authorities hacked EncroChat in 2020, after announcing the operation publicly, they asked the owners to come forward because they had been unable to identify them. Lenehan, of Scarisbrick Road in Walton, but who lived in Dubai until recently, admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and making a false statement to gain a passport. He was arrested in April at Stansted Airport as he returned from Spain, where he had stayed for a few weeks. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'Tamewelder' caught with ten kilos of cocaine and weed. The eight arrests are thought to be the first arrests of people involved in the setting up and running of EncroChat. These are the 113 people who have been charged by the Met Police: Abdelilah HILALI, aged 42, of no fixed abode, Abdsamei CHARKAOUI, 36, Princedale Road, Kensington & Chelsea, Ahmed Khan JABARKHIL, 27, Vimy Close, Hounslow, Aleksandrs KRASIJEVS, 56, Darenth Road, Welling, Bexley, Alexander GUEST, 39, Mansted Gardens, Romford, Anne-Marie BUTLER, 52, South Road, Feltham, Hounslow, Anthony DOMINY, 63, Little Heath Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, Anthony SELLICK, 33, Clunas Gardens, Romford, Havering, Arlton LEWIS-TURNER, 30, South Quay Square, Tower Hamlets, Ashley WILTSHIRE, 41, Uplands Way, Enfield, Augustus BECKLEY, 30, Flat Iron Square, Southwark, Ben JONES, 44, Knowsley Road, Norwich, Norfolk, Calvin CRUMP, 24, Malmstone Avenue, Merstham, Redhill, Surrey, Casper WILSON ST-JAMES, 26, Agar Grove, Camden, Cavan HANNA, 50, Pinewood Place, Dartford, Kent, Charles HARRIS, 41, Milner Square, Islington, Charlie BAINBOROUGH, 30, Beck Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Charlie MORAN, 28, The Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, Charly DAVIDSON, 25, The Quarterdeck, Tower Hamlets, Kris SIMMONS, 43, Hatfield Heath Road, Sawbridgeworth, Christopher MICHAELIDES, 51, Millwall Crescent, Chigwell, Essex, Craig ROUSE, 39, Brook Street, Aylesbury, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, Daniel DALLIGAN, 53, Station Road, Dartford, Crayford, Bexley, Daniel MCNEIL-DUNCAN, 35, The Galleries, Brentwood, Warley, Essex, Danny RICHINGS, 29, Harvey Gardens, Greenwich, Dominquo FOSTER, 23, Melrose Avenue, London, Fazil SHEIKH, 36, Northcote Avenue, Southall, Frank WELLS, 39, Margherita Place, Waltham Abbey, Essex, Frankie CLARK, 21, Musgrave Road, Greenwich, Gareth MORRIS, 54, Eastview Avenue, Greenwich, Gareth Roy MATHIAS, 47, Greenhaven Drive, Greenwich, Gavin KALLO, 43, Well Hall Road, Greenwich, George EVANS, 21, Selbourne Square, Godstone, Surrey, Hamid CHARKAOUI, 42, Bevington Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Harry EL ARABY, 33, Oaklands, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, Harry HINKS-SAMUELS, 27, Stanley Kubrick Road, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, Jack LEE, 31, Ludworth Road, Welling, Bexley, James DAVIDSON, 33, The Quarterdeck, Tower Hamlets, James OHARA, 48, Flaxen Road, Waltham Forest, James SKILLING, 32, Pelton Road, Greenwich, Jamie HANNA, 48, Martin Drive, Dartford, Stone, Kent, Jimmy GOTTSHALK, 32, Ringwood Road, Wolverhampton, Jody HALL, 46, Carters Hill Close, Mottingham, Bromley, John KEANE, 59, Fairfoot Road, Tower Hamlets, Jonathan WHITLEY, 53, Park Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, Joseph VIDLER, 29, Mayes Road, Tonbridge, Marden, Kent, Joshua ST-ANGE, 32, Church Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Julian AGALLIU, 45, Musgrave Close, Barnet, Enfield, Kerry HUGHES, 53, Wydeville Manor Road, Grove Park, Lewisham, Landi SAKALA, 44, Yorkland Avenue, Welling, Bexley, Lee MORTIMER, 37, Glenhurst Avenue, Ruislip, Lee Paul WILLETTS, 27, Pembroke Road, Greenford, Ealing, Lee William ANDERSON, 61, South Road, Feltham, Hounslow, Leo GRAY, 28, Bridgewater Drive, Westcliff-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea, Liam BILES, 32, John Eliot Close, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, Essex, Liam TULLET, 29, Bloomfield, Road, Greenwich, Lovepreet SINGH, 22, Upton Lea Parade, Wexham Road, Slough, Luchieo JOHN, 29, Admiralty Avenue, Silvertown, Newham, Marc SEYMOUR, 58, Craymill Square, Crayford, Bexley, Marcus ELMER, 48, Riverbank Point, High Street, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Marlon WILLIAMS, 40, Rossiter Fields, Underhill, Barnet, Matthew EXALL, 24, Shirley House Drive, Greenwich, Milan HUSSAIN, 34, Melford Road, East Ham, Miles HEADLEY, 24, Mount Nod Road, Lambeth, Mohamed AHMED, 49, Clarence Gardens, Camden, Mohammed SABEK, 33, Clem Attlee Court, Hammersmith & Fulham, Muhamad USMAN, 33, Keveloic Road, Tottenham, Muhammad Arslan KHALID, 46, Woodlands Road, Southall, Ealing, Nacoli BRAVO, 34, Patterdale Road, Dartford, Kent, Nagib OMAR, 30, York Parade, Brentford, Hounslow, Paul JONES, 40, Epsom Grove, Tower Hill, Liverpool, Paul O'BRIEN, 53, Manor Way, Southall, Ealing, Peter THOMPSON, 56, Lidiard Road, Wandsworth, Philemon GHEZZEHEY, 25, Scotts Road, Hammersmith & Fulham, Rayco PEREZ, 30, The Chase, Oxshott, Leatherhead, Surrey, Rebecca MCDONALD, 47, Danescombe, Lewisham, London, Robert WIGGINS, 42, Westbourne Grove, Kensington & Chelsea, Rozanna GRAY, 27, Bridgewater Drive, Westcliff-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea, Ruslan SHAMSUTDINOV, 35, Glenister Road, Greenwich, Sean SKINNER, 41, Nightingale Vale, Greenwich, Stacey THOMPSON, 41, Lidiard Road Wandsworth London, Stephen Chimunya SAKALA, 34, Gatesborough Street, Hackney, Stephen WILLIS, 34, Chevington Way, Hornchurch, Havering, Tariq HUSSAIN, 28, Seymour Road, Mitcham, Sutton, Terrence OCONNOR, 24, Webb Street, Bolton, Horwich, Tjay BURRELL, 30, Glendale, Swanley, Kent, Tyler TANNER, 23, Henderson Drive, Dartford, Kent, Udham SINGH, 20, Upton Lea Parade, Wexham Road, Slough, Vickrahdeep SAHOTA, 28, Eastcourt Avenue, Reading, Vincent OJO, 30, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, Yassin SIYAHLA, 27, Holland Close, Redhill, Surrey, Yousefe ELBRIRI, 26, Oxford Gardens, Kensington & Chelsea, Armed police raid houses during Operation Venetic.
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