Two convicted in first murder plot case involving EncroChat messaging system
by Duncan Campbell from World news | The Guardian on (#5X3E4)
Paul Fontaine and Frankie Sinclair convicted of plotting revenge shooting using encrypted messaging system
Two men who planned a revenge shooting have been convicted at the Old Bailey in the first murder plot case involving the use of the encrypted messaging system EncroChat.
Paul Fontaine, 36, from Hackney in London, and Frankie Sinclair, 34, from Cardiff, were found guilty of plotting a murder using the system, which was described in court by prosecuting counsel Kevin Dent QC as an Amazon for organised criminals" in that it allowed them to purchase guns, drugs and counterfeit money clandestinely.
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