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Two Indicted in Latest Federal Prosecution of SIM-Swapping Crypto Theft

From coindesk.com

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said that two men have been indicted for stealing cryptocurrency from victims through a SIM-swapping and phishing fraud scheme. Twenty-one-year old Jordan K. Milleson of Maryland and 19-year-old Kyell A. Bryan of Pennsylvania allegedly collaborated in the theft of $16,847 in cryptocurrency from one victim (the owner of a "digital currency investment" company, says one filing) during the summer of 2019. Milleson allegedly staged bogus websites and emails through which he "phished" login credentials from victims. He, Bryan and others then compromised the victim's mobile phone through ... (full story)

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