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Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked by consp on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:03AM (#23712673)
Considering they operated in France and the Netherlands and even 'had a shop there' (whatever that means): Yes, but looking at all the articles I'm pretty sure they are also building a case against EncroChat for participating or actively facilitating criminal behavior, in which case the point is mute anyway.

Some requests can be made to ask you participate making you sort-of free of prosecution as you are cooperating, but I doubt they would do that with companies with shady structures and owners.

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Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked by thu2111 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:05PM (#23714750)
EncroChat is not an app you get from an app store. It came with the EncroPhone, which are physical Androids you rent for some absurdly high price (like $3000/year-ish). And EncroPhone didn't sell online. You had to get them via a reseller i.e. someone you knew, or they had a few physical stores in the Netherlands.
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Re:Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked by hhp1771611da90 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:52AM (#23713069)
It's moot
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