Newslink: Crypto-Stealing SIM Swapper Pleads Guilty, Gets 10 Years in Prison

in #newslik • 6 years ago

Joel Ortiz, a college student who allegedly stole cryptocurrency worth over $5 million, has pleaded guilty and accepted a 10-year prison sentence. Ortiz was arrested last year and accused of hijacking the phone numbers of around 40 people. He is now the first person to be sentenced for the crime, commonly known as SIM swapping.

https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-stealing-sim-swapper-pleads-guilty-gets-10-years-in-prison/

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