US sets US$5mil reward for Swede who marketed encrypted phones to traffickers

The US State Department posted the hefty reward for Rivkin, who has escaped arrest since the 2021 takedown of the ANOM network. — AFP

WASHINGTON: The United States offered a US$5mil reward on June 7 for the Swedish man who marketed an encrypted communications network for drug traffickers – unaware that the technology was developed by the FBI.

The State Department posted the hefty reward for Maximilian Rivkin, who has escaped arrest since the 2021 takedown of the ANOM network, which saw 800 arrested on three continents as well as seizures of 38 tonnes of drugs and US$48mil in various currencies.