![]() A ham radio enthusiast piqued the interest of US Feds They estimate that the keys were used over 200 times, causing Motorola to lose nearly $19,000. Police say that the bogus refresh keys would have cost the city millions if they’d been legitimately purchased. The employee said those keys “clearly” didn’t come from Motorola, according to the court document. You don’t want to know where these came from. does not believe his actions were for personal gain he believes that Richardson likes the idea of not giving more money to Motorola.Īccording to what the employee told police, in 2011, Richardson gave him a device known as an iButton that was preloaded with more than 65,000 refresh keys, and told him… ![]() Each of those software updates should have cost the city $94, but the informant said that Richardson didn’t like paying those fees to Motorola. Richardson allegedly got his hands on millions of dollars’ worth of illegal licenses for the radios, which require frequent updates. ![]() The radio shop is in charge of repairing and maintaining radios used by the Winnipeg Police Service and Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. The manager in charge of Winnipeg’s police radios was arrested last Thursday for allegedly using fraudulent licenses to update the encrypted Motorola radios that police use to keep their conversations private, CBC News reports.Īccording to court documents, an employee tipped authorities off about the alleged actions of Ed Richardson, who was the manager of the radio shop for the City of Winnipeg.
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