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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Joe Thomas

Blundering EncroChat users who made it easy for police to track them down

The misplaced faith of criminals in the secrecy of the messaging service EncroChat continues to be a feature of cases at Liverpool Crown Court.

Users operated under bizarre codenames and often wrote in slang while relying on the encrypted communications network.

But many undermined their bid for anonymity by posting pictures of themselves, their cars and even their homes.

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