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Businessman made 'catastrophic' decision after flood and debt problems... now he's been jailed for a decade
11.03.2024 - 10:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A businessman who made a ‘catastrophic’ decision after his firm was affected by a flood and debts has been jailed for a decade. Nathaniel Conteh, 43, turned to drug dealing after experiencing problems with his business.
He was found out following the law enforcement hacking of the EncroChat network, a shady communications system used by criminals who believed it allowed them to offend with impunity. But Conteh, from Whitefield, Bury, was among the latest to be prosecuted as a result of his own messages.
“You put down the origin of your dealing to the problems experienced in your business by reason of a flood and then getting into debt, and that debt being enforced,” Judge Nicholas Dean KC told Conteh, before jailing him for 10 years. ”It seems to me that dealing in drugs became for you an alternative for a business, and indeed to an extent a profitable form of business."
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Conteh’s co-defendant, 52-year-old Stephen Sharples, from Radcliffe, Bury, was also jailed for 10 years for drug dealing on EncroChat. Both men, who peddled cocaine and other drugs, were identified on the network after they shared personal details in messages with other users on the system, in which people are assigned ‘handles’ offering the cloak of anonymity.
Conteh told another user details about his child, and sent a picture which included his kitchen which officers later matched when they attended his home. Sharples gave his home address when arranging a delivery, and also sent photos of Rolex and Breitling watches which police later discovered in his house.
Their messages on EncroChat revealed the pair had been involved in the buying and selling of drugs on a
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