Natalie Mottram, a 25-year-old intelligence analyst who worked for Cheshire Police and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), has been given a prison sentence of three years and nine months for her role in a serious security breach.  She was convicted of accessing confidential information without authorization and alerting a criminal friend about a secret international investigation into serious and organized crime.  The investigation, called Operation Venetic, was conducted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and aimed to take down the encrypted communications platform EncroChat. Mottram’s actions were exposed when a leak compromised the operation.  She revealed vital information about the secret operation to Jonathan Kay, 39, and told him that he was under the radar of law enforcement officers.  This treachery endangered the whole investigation, allowing criminals to escape arrest and carry on their illegal activities.

Source: GBHackers