Paul Le Roux, Encryption Genius and Criminal Mastermind

Paul Le Roux is a fascinating character, whose story entails drugs, gold, arms dealing, North Koreans, Iranians, elite-level encryption, Somali pirates, women... and more women.

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.