Randy Grossman
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Darknet Diaries
146: ANOM
I am Randy Grossman. I'm the acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of California. Welcome. Thank you for being here. We're here today to announce the unsealing of a federal indictment by a grand jury in the Southern District of California, which charges 17 foreign nationals in facilitating drug trafficking, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.
Darknet Diaries
146: ANOM
This is part of a worldwide law enforcement operation that has resulted in hundreds of arrests for drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms violations, and crimes of violence. These international arrests and the U.S. charges were possible because of a San Diego-based FBI investigation like none other in history.
Darknet Diaries
146: ANOM
This investigation called Operation Trojan Shield shined a light into the shadowy industry of hardened encrypted devices. For the first time, the FBI developed and operated its own hardened encrypted device company called ANOM, A-N-O-M.
Darknet Diaries
146: ANOM
As we allege in our indictment, criminal organizations and the individual defendants that we have charged purchased and distributed ANOM devices in an effort to secretly plan and execute their crimes. In fact, ANOM's distributors,
Darknet Diaries
146: ANOM
Administrators and agents had so much confidence in the secrecy of their devices that they openly marketed them to other potential users as designed by criminals for criminals. But the devices were actually operated by the FBI. The worldwide implications of this investigation are staggering.
Darknet Diaries
146: ANOM
In total, the criminals sold more than 12,000 Anand encrypted devices and services to more than 300 criminal syndicates operating in over 100 different countries. This was an unprecedented operation in terms of its massive scale, innovative strategy, international coordination, and investigative achievement.
Darknet Diaries
146: ANOM
Operation Trojan Shield has shattered any confidence criminals may have through the use of hardened encrypted devices.
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What's the best phone to do crimes on?
Good morning. I am Randy Grossman. I'm the acting United States attorney for the Southern District of California. Welcome. Thank you for being here.
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What's the best phone to do crimes on?
This is part of a worldwide law enforcement operation that has resulted in hundreds of arrests for drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms violations, and crimes of violence. These international arrests and the U.S. charges were possible because of a San Diego-based FBI investigation like none other in history.
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What's the best phone to do crimes on?
For the first time, the FBI developed and operated its own hardened encrypted device company called ANOM, A-N-O-M.
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What's the best phone to do crimes on?
The worldwide implications of this investigation are staggering. In total, the criminals sold more than 12,000 ANAN encrypted devices and services to more than 300 criminal syndicates operating in over 100 different countries.