World FBI secretly ran phone encryption program used by organized crime, global sting yields 800 arrests June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY Comments Off on FBI secretly ran phone encryption program used by organized crime, global sting yields 800 arrests Over the past 18 months, the FBI provided phones via unsuspecting middlemen to more than 300 gangs operating in more than 100 countries.