Tot 9 jaar cel geëist voor bendeleden die 'versleutelde' FBI-app gebruikten

tot 9 jaar cel geëist voor bendeleden die 'versleutelde' fbi-app gebruikten

Een advertentie op Marktplaats met de cryptotelefoon Anom.

Zes leden van een vermeende drugsbende hoorden in de rechtbank in Zwolle tot negen jaar cel tegen zich eisen. De Amerikaanse FBI kwam deze bende op het spoor door de app ANOM. Dit was in 2018 een opvolger van versleutelde berichtendiensten als Encrochat en Sky ECC.

Gebruikers van deze app wisten alleen niet dat deze dienst beheerd werd door de FBI. Die bracht op zijn beurt de Nederlandse politie op de hoogte. Het Openbaar Ministerie bepleit dat deze bendeleden zich bezighielden met internationale handel in cocaïne, lsd, crystal meth, ketamine en xtc-pillen.

De verdachte zouden in totaal 43 kilo coke vanuit Ecuador en Colombia tussen bananen naar de haven van Hamburg gesmokkeld hebben. Voor meer ladingen drugs ontbreekt voldoende bewijs.

“Door het meelezen met die ANOM-berichten zijn de opsporingsdiensten op een rijdende trein van strafbare feiten gesprongen”, zei de officier van justitie. Naast de celstraffen eist het OM ook een boete van 80.000 euro.

Informant

In 2018 arresteerde de FBI Vincent Ramos, de ceo van Phantom Secure, één van de populaire cryptotelefoons uit die tijd. Tijdens dat onderzoek kwam een man in beeld die deze apparaten verkocht voor zowel Phantom als Sky, beide populaire cryptotelefoons. Deze man, die een informant werd, was bezig met zijn eigen cryptotelefoons met de app Anom en bood de FBI aan om die te gebruiken voor ‘huidige en nieuwe onderzoeken’, zo valt te lezen in het verslag van het Amerikaanse ministerie van Justitie.

De rechtbank in Zwolle doet over tien dagen uitspraak.

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