U.S. Charges Workers at Fake Comms Network That Was Created by FBI for Sting Operation
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The Department of Justice is charging seventeen people who worked for the fake encrypted communications network called Anom, created and operated by the FBI as part of a major, global criminal sting operation.
Aside from serving as a honeypot for law enforcement to monitor criminal activity, Anom was also used to obstruct investigations of drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and to enrich the workers by taking payment for each Anom device, among other things. The DOJ is charging the seventeen workers under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, which has been recently used to prosecute encrypted phone companies that deliberately sold devices to criminals. (Joseph Cox / Motherboard)
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