As a student from Boston stole $ 5 million in the crypt thanks to the SIM card
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The Publication has managed to obtain access to court records about the 20-year-old accused Joel Ortiz. Student from Boston suspected of stealing $ 5 million in the cryptocurrency by fraud with SIM cards.
How can you steal bitcoins
Earlier local media reported that on July 12 the California police have detained a young person suspected of fraud. Joel Ortiz got the cops at the international airport in Los Angeles, a crook had a bag with a large sum of money. 20-year-old student has put forward 28 charges, including two suspected of car theft.
At the moment, Ortiz is awaiting the next court hearing, which will be§t 9 Aug. While he is in prison, but the judge allowed bail in the amount of one million dollars.
Fraud scheme, the offender was to switch the identity of the victim. He was associated with the large cellular service providers, and then convinced them allegedly in the loss of your SIM card. The operator tied the number to a new SIM card, which already controlled Ortiz. Then crook cancelled the passwords of the victims and withdrawal of funds from their accounts.
Several victims from the actions of Ortiz attended the Consensus conference in may. One of the visitors admitted that he lost $ 1.5 million.
I looked at my phone and realized that my SIM card was hacked.
Crook took the phone number of the businessman, dumped his password with Gmail and got access to all accounts with cryptocurrency. The victim ran to the nearest support center AT&T, but it was too late. Recall is a common method of theft cryptocurrency. Be careful.
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