!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] (born December 24, 1972, in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) is a former programmer, former criminal cartel boss and informant to the [United States] [Drug Enforcement Administration] ([DEA]).


[{$pagename}] created [Encryption for the Masses] ([E4M]), an open-source free Windows disk encryption software program, in [1998|Year 1998], and is sometimes credited for open-source TrueCrypt, which is based on E4M's code, though he denies involvement with TrueCrypt.

[{$pagename}] is currently in [United States] custody awaiting sentencing after agreeing to cooperate with authorities in exchange for a lesser sentence and immunity to his most serious crimes.

[{$pagename}] was arrested May 11, [2012|Year 2012]

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* [#1] - [Paul_Le_Roux|Wikipedia:Paul_Le_Roux|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-07-22 
* [#2] - [WAS BITCOIN CREATED BY THIS INTERNATIONAL DRUG DEALER? MAYBE!|https://www.wired.com/story/was-bitcoin-created-by-this-international-drug-dealer-maybe/|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-07-22