Paul Le Roux, From Coder to Kingpin, the Rise of a Criminal Mastermind

Paul Le Roux ran a global criminal empire from his penthouse in the Philippines and became the world's most prolific yet least-known crime boss.

Paul Le Roux is a cryptography expert, and developed E4M (Encryption for the Masses), one of the first free, open-source disk encryption programs, which was released in 1998.

Years later, as a crime boss, he orchestrated complex operations, and created sophisticated networks for his illicit enterprises.

He was arrested in 2012, and sentenced in 2020. Le Roux is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence.