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Paul Leroux was sentenced to 25 years in June 2020, appellate court confirmed the sentence in 2022. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/2

Paul Leroux was sentenced to 25 years in June 2020, appellate court confirmed the sentence in 2022. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/20-2184/20-2184-2022-06-03.html https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/20...

e12e 3y ago
Oh I'd forgotten about this part: > Le Roux was arrested on 26 September 2012 for conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States, and agreed to cooperate with authorities in exchange for a lesser sentence and immunity to any crimes he might admit to later. He subsequently admitted to arranging or participating in seven murders, carried out as part of an extensive illegal business empire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Roux https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Roux
jandrese 3y ago
That is wild. How did he have time to maintain TrueCrypt while doing all of that crime?
- runjake 3y ago
  Paul was what people call a 10x programmer. He was highly prolific. The book Mastermind goes into this a bit. So do some old web posts straight from Paul himself, if you know where and if they are still up.
  - rjzzleep 3y ago
    Has anyone looked up the details of all of this? The DEA has been notorious for arresting people overseas and indicting them for just participating(i.e. being in the same room) in conversations about drug trafficking even if those conversations were between DEA agents. Just a quick glimpse at the Wikipedia page actually talks about 5 drugs that seem to me like over the counter medicine. What's kinda interesting to me skimming this and looking at the references is that the assassins and a lot of the operations were Israelis and the whole thing was run from Tel Aviv, but there's zero reference to any of those people. They are just called the Israeli business partners.
    - oldnet 3y ago
      I noticed that US fed agencies work like that - use someone for their own games and make it looks like success job for own careers. Some cops tried it in my country as well. These cops recieved a middle finger from the court. Edit: The courts called it 'provocation by police' and everyone was freed.
    - runjake 3y ago
      I’m on mobile but there’s more info on the Israelis in the Mastermind book. Some of them still have public LinkedIn profiles.
icelancer 3y ago
Didn't he consistently deny being involved in TrueCrypt? E4M is closely related, but is there any evidence showing that Paul == TrueCrypt? Just curious if there was.
- stef25 3y ago
  There's no proof
pyuser583 3y ago
> The district court's decision that immediate video sentencing was in defendant's best interest was reasonable because defendant was asking for a time-served sentence … Time served was 25 years!?!
- etc-hosts 3y ago
  Leroux has been in custody since 2012. If he was sentenced to 25 years in 2020... he would only have 17 years to serve. it's 2023 now, so he has 14 years left.
hosteur 3y ago
He denies involvement with TrueCrypt. Is there any actual proof?

e12e 3y ago

Oh I'd forgotten about this part: > Le Roux was arrested on 26 September 2012 for conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States, and agreed to cooperate with authorities in exchange for a lesser sentence and immunity to any crimes he might admit to later. He subsequently admitted to arranging or participating in seven murders, carried out as part of an extensive illegal business empire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Roux https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Roux

jandrese 3y ago

That is wild. How did he have time to maintain TrueCrypt while doing all of that crime?

runjake 3y ago
Paul was what people call a 10x programmer. He was highly prolific. The book Mastermind goes into this a bit. So do some old web posts straight from Paul himself, if you know where and if they are still up.
- rjzzleep 3y ago
  Has anyone looked up the details of all of this? The DEA has been notorious for arresting people overseas and indicting them for just participating(i.e. being in the same room) in conversations about drug trafficking even if those conversations were between DEA agents. Just a quick glimpse at the Wikipedia page actually talks about 5 drugs that seem to me like over the counter medicine. What's kinda interesting to me skimming this and looking at the references is that the assassins and a lot of the operations were Israelis and the whole thing was run from Tel Aviv, but there's zero reference to any of those people. They are just called the Israeli business partners.
  - oldnet 3y ago
    I noticed that US fed agencies work like that - use someone for their own games and make it looks like success job for own careers. Some cops tried it in my country as well. These cops recieved a middle finger from the court. Edit: The courts called it 'provocation by police' and everyone was freed.
  - runjake 3y ago
    I’m on mobile but there’s more info on the Israelis in the Mastermind book. Some of them still have public LinkedIn profiles.

icelancer 3y ago

Didn't he consistently deny being involved in TrueCrypt? E4M is closely related, but is there any evidence showing that Paul == TrueCrypt? Just curious if there was.

stef25 3y ago
There's no proof

pyuser583 3y ago

> The district court's decision that immediate video sentencing was in defendant's best interest was reasonable because defendant was asking for a time-served sentence … Time served was 25 years!?!

etc-hosts 3y ago
Leroux has been in custody since 2012. If he was sentenced to 25 years in 2020... he would only have 17 years to serve. it's 2023 now, so he has 14 years left.

hosteur 3y ago

He denies involvement with TrueCrypt. Is there any actual proof?