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#Encrochat News : Ringleaders from multi-million pound Bucks drug gang given lengthy jail sentences
Members of a Bucks-based gang that trafficked kilos of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine have been jailed for a total of 108 years and...
The DigitalBank Vault
Jan 1, 20235 min read
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'Banker' dad known on #Encrochat as 'Kun Aguero' paid £200-per-drop for £2million cocaine gang
A 'banker' known as 'Kun Aguero' laundered almost £300,000 of dirty cash for a drugs gang. Christopher Carroll, 35, collected and...
The DigitalBank Vault
Jan 1, 20235 min read
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LedZeppelin Encro user Stephen Canty now 'living overseas'
A Liverpool man who was said in court to be involved in an EncroChat based conspiracy is thought to be now living overseas. Huyton mum...
The DigitalBank Vault
Jan 1, 20235 min read
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Complaints that NCA failed in duty of candour over EncroChat warrants ‘incredible’, court hears
NCA lawyers argue that a decision by an NCA intelligence officer to disclose notes of a key meeting after two-and-a-half years boosts her...
The DigitalBank Vault
Jan 1, 20235 min read
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Terence Page traded in huge quantities of class A and B substances on EncroChat
The drug dealer "thought he was invincible" and was trying to source wholesale amounts of cocaine only days after the birth of his...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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Liam McHale trafficked millions of pounds of drugs under the #Encrochat name "Lawless Fly".
Heroin and cocaine dealer Liam McHale trafficked millions of pounds of drugs under the pseudonym "Lawless Fly". He funded a lavish...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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#Encrochat smuggler Anthony Bowden was a key member of a major gang run led by "Jabba the Hutt"
Heroin smuggler Anthony Bowden was a key member of a major gang run led by "Jabba the Hutt". The Merseyside-based organised crime group...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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#Encrochat Cocaine "broker" John Cass was involved in the supply of more than £400,000 of drugs
Cocaine "broker" John Cass was involved in the supply of more than £400,000 of drugs on behalf of a mysterious importer known only as...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20226 min read
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Philip Read, who used the EncroChat handle "EducatedGoose", hid 12 kilos of heroin in a bedroom
Philip Read, who used the EncroChat handle "EducatedGoose", hid 12 kilos of heroin in a bedroom. He was also trusted to handle large...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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Jacob Bullen, who stashed £10,000 of high purity cocaine in a fridge, was exposed as EncroChat user
Jacob Bullen, who stashed £10,000 of high purity cocaine in a fridge, was exposed as EncroChat drug dealer "HeroicFox". Bullen was caught...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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Peter Ginley was a member of a large criminal network using #Encrochat
Peter Ginley was a member of a large criminal network which worked to flood the streets with class A and B drugs. He tried to escape...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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Wesley Kavanagh was busted over messages from an EncroChat device
Wesley Kavanagh was busted over messages from an EncroChat device activated after the network had already been hacked. The drug dealer...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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Secret drug plots of #Encrochat ' John Southern went by the handle "BigDunc".
Since police infiltrated EncroChat in 2020, hundreds of users of the encrypted messaging service have been jailed after their secret...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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#Encrochat: Ryan Palin, of Mereworth, Caldy, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
On Thursday 9 December, Ryan Palin, of Mereworth, Caldy, was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, namely cocaine and Class B...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 25, 20225 min read
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#Encrochat: Iain Harper was one of eight people sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on Friday
The court heard the group used an encrypted  communications platform to organise and facilitate the supply of 1,000kg of cocaine, 50kg of...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 24, 20225 min read
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#Encrochat Operation Venetic: Two men arrested in investigation linked to the recovery of £1.6m
National Crime Agency officers have arrested two men as part of a drugs and money laundering investigation which led to the seizure of...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 24, 20225 min read
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Maidenhead #Encrochat man ran gang that supplied a tonne of cocaine and laundered £24 million
A man from Maidenhead was part of a drugs gang that flooded the region with a tonne of cocaine and laundered £24 million. The group has...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 23, 20226 min read
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Kinahan cartel #Encrochat gangster Graham ‘The Wig’ Whelan pictured at home for Christmas
Whelan had been scheduled for release from prison on Saturday, Christmas Eve, but a decision to release him early, on Wednesday morning,...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 23, 20225 min read
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#Encrochat Tribunal ‘Misleading impression’
Matthew Ryder KC, representing defendants, said it was completely impossible to know whether a critical meeting between Sweeting...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 23, 20227 min read
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NCA witness gave unreliable evidence on EncroChat hacking operation
National Crime Agency argues that the lawfulness of surveillance warrants issued to hack the EncroChat phone network should only be...
The DigitalBank Vault
Dec 23, 20226 min read
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