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Eap and Thomas Herdman, which the announcement describes as "a former high-level distributor" of the devices, are charged with a conspiracy to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). RICO has traditionally been used to prosecute mafia bosses, but the Southern District of California also used it against another encrypted phone company called Phantom Secure.Do you work for Sky? Do you have documents related to these arrests or the company? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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