In February 2021, a sinister plot to assassinate two Iranian dissidents living in the U.S. state of Maryland was underway.
The alleged hired guns were two Canadian criminals — Damian Ryan, a full patch member of the Hells Angels, and Adam Pearson. They had been recruited by Naji Sharifi Zindashti, a drug trafficker close to the Iranian regime, according to a U.S. indictment.
They communicated with each other on highly secure phones using Sky ECC, an encrypted messaging platform developed by Sky Global in Vancouver.
