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This FBI file concerns the 2014 opening of an investigation into Phantom Secure, a Vancouver-based company that supplied secure communications devices. The FBI described the case as an OCDETF spin-off from a San Francisco investigation targeting a Vietnamese gang and drug trafficking organization whose members allegedly used the devices to evade law-enforcement monitoring. Released records include an August 12, 2014 FBI electronic communication opening case 245E-SF-5378317 and an OCDETF proposal approved in August 2014. The records identify the FBI and DEA San Jose offices as lead agencies and state that the investigation aimed to determine whether Phantom Secure's ownership and management knowingly facilitated criminal activity, though much of the file is redacted or sealed by court order.

FBI file number: 245E-SF-5378317 | Documents span: 2014 | Released in 1 part
Subjects: Phantom Secure, encrypted devices, drug trafficking, OCDETF, FBI-DEA investigation