Collaborate Disseminate
Phantom Secure made custom, encrypted BlackBerry phones and sold them to customers all over the world, including to the Sinaloa cartel, according to prosecutors. Continue reading CEO Pleads Guilty to Selling Encrypted Phones to Organized Crime
Earlier this month, the FBI arrested the CEO of Phantom Secure, a company allegedly providing encrypted phones to organized crime. Now, those in the secure device supply chain are trying to push criminals out. Continue reading Secure Phone Companies Clamp Down After Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Arrest
Authorities have already arrested Vincent Ramos, Phantom Secure’s CEO. But the Department of Justice has indicted four other alleged Phantom associates, who are currently fugitives. Continue reading Four Alleged Associates of Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Encrypted Phone Company Are On the Run
For years, the oft-overlooked secure phone industry, sometimes linked to organized crime, has been pushing its wares on Instagram, with one account linked to Phantom Secure posting images of weapons, drugs, and bundles of cash. Continue reading ‘Snitches Get Stitches’: How Secure Phones for Criminals Are Sold on Instagram
Phantom Secure is one of the most infamous companies in the secure phone industry. Sources and court documents detail that its owner has been arrested for allegedly helping criminal organizations. Continue reading Feds Bust CEO Allegedly Selling Custom BlackBerry Phones to Sinaloa Drug Cartel