U.S. court docs offer glimpse of Pearson gold heist suspects’ encrypted conversations

Suspects in the largest gold robbery in Canadian history used a little-known encrypted messaging platform called “Threema” to communicate while attempting to buy dozens of illegal weapons, according American authorities.

The encrypted Threema platfrom reportedly saw a rise in popularity in the underworld globally amidst reports that the FBI had used the rival ANOM platform in its investigations, tapping into criminal messaging.

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On Wednesday, Peel police and the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau provided details of the “carefully planned” heist at Pearson, which

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Suspects, clockwise left from right: Prasath Paramalingam, Parmpal Sidhu, Durante King-Mclean, Archit Grover, Ammad Chaudhary, Amit Jalota, Ali Raza.

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