Accused cocaine kingpin from Metro Detroit betrayed by secret messaging app, feds say
Prosecutors say Didani's drug ring was operating in Metro Detroit since at least August 2016 and had ties in 14 other countries.
Sky Global invented the Sky ECC app used on about 171,000 phones around the world.
law enforcement officials intercepted 1 billion messages and seized more than [17] tons of cocaine
Didani was arrested at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C. As investigators took him into custody, they seized a $3,200, 18-karat gold, [black-and-clear, diamond] bracelet and $12,000 stainless steel, ceramic Rolex Yacht-Master II watch.
Tibbitts, chief executive of Harper Woods-based Clementine Live Answering Service, was well-known within the local business community and among the nation's vintage military airplane enthusiasts.
Prosecutors say Tibbitts, who lived in a 12,000-square-foot, $6.4 million mansion once owned by Alto Reed, saxophonist for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, was secretly financing Didani's drug ring.
Tibbitts, 50, was killed in a plane crash in July 2018 that halted the development of the submarine, the DEA task force officer wrote. He was never charged with a crime before the crash.
A passerby shot video of the aftermath of a plane crash that killed Marty Tibbitts. (Video: YouTube)
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