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Operation Trojan Shield: How an Informant and Messaging App ANOM Led to Huge Global Crime Sting
It took $120,000 (roughly Rs. 87 lakhs) plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document.
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Operation Trojan Shield: Over 800 Arrested Worldwide In "Staggering" Global Crime Sting
Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday.
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How An Informant And A Messaging App Led To A Huge Global Crime Sting
The US court document - an affidavit from an FBI special agent first published by Vice News - says the "confidential human source", a former drug trafficker, had been creating a new hardened encrypted phone with a bespoke app called ANOM.
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Over 800 Arrested Worldwide In "Staggering" FBI Encrypted Phone Sting
Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday.
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Kansas Man Arrested in Bomb Plot in Support of Islamic State: US
A US man was arrested on Friday as part of a sting operation by the FBI in which he was plotting a suicide car bombing at Fort Riley army base in Kansas in support of the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said.
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Indian-American Pleads Guilty to Funding Al-Qaeda Groups
A 31-year-old Indian-American, caught in a FBI sting operation, faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to providing thousands of dollars in material support to three terror groups operating under Al-Qaeda in war-torn Syria and Somalia.
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FBI sting frees 105 sexually abused children in US, nets 150 pimps
A sting focused on underage prostitution has freed 105 sexually abused children and netted 150 pimps, the FBI announced today.
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Bangladeshi man arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up Federal Reserve Bank in New York
A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said.
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Man planning to carry out suicide attack at US Capitol arrested in FBI sting
Police say a terrorism suspect has been arrested in an FBI sting operation near the US Capitol while planning to detonate what he thought were explosives.
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US: Pak-American arrested in terror sting
A Pakistani-American has been arrested in the US after he fell for an elaborate bomb plot set up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a sting operation that lasted more than six months. The people that 34-year-old Farooque Ahmed thought were Al-Qaida operatives were actually FBI agents. The unsuspecting Ahmed was made to carry out survei...
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Operation Trojan Shield: How an Informant and Messaging App ANOM Led to Huge Global Crime Sting
It took $120,000 (roughly Rs. 87 lakhs) plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document.
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Operation Trojan Shield: Over 800 Arrested Worldwide In "Staggering" Global Crime Sting
Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday.
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How An Informant And A Messaging App Led To A Huge Global Crime Sting
The US court document - an affidavit from an FBI special agent first published by Vice News - says the "confidential human source", a former drug trafficker, had been creating a new hardened encrypted phone with a bespoke app called ANOM.
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Over 800 Arrested Worldwide In "Staggering" FBI Encrypted Phone Sting
Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday.
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Kansas Man Arrested in Bomb Plot in Support of Islamic State: US
A US man was arrested on Friday as part of a sting operation by the FBI in which he was plotting a suicide car bombing at Fort Riley army base in Kansas in support of the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said.
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Indian-American Pleads Guilty to Funding Al-Qaeda Groups
A 31-year-old Indian-American, caught in a FBI sting operation, faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to providing thousands of dollars in material support to three terror groups operating under Al-Qaeda in war-torn Syria and Somalia.
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FBI sting frees 105 sexually abused children in US, nets 150 pimps
A sting focused on underage prostitution has freed 105 sexually abused children and netted 150 pimps, the FBI announced today.
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Bangladeshi man arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up Federal Reserve Bank in New York
A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said.
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Man planning to carry out suicide attack at US Capitol arrested in FBI sting
Police say a terrorism suspect has been arrested in an FBI sting operation near the US Capitol while planning to detonate what he thought were explosives.
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US: Pak-American arrested in terror sting
A Pakistani-American has been arrested in the US after he fell for an elaborate bomb plot set up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a sting operation that lasted more than six months. The people that 34-year-old Farooque Ahmed thought were Al-Qaida operatives were actually FBI agents. The unsuspecting Ahmed was made to carry out survei...
