“PlugWalkJoe” indicted for $784k cryptocurrency theft scheme
Joseph O’Connor indicted on a raft of wire fraud, computer hacking, money laundering and identify theft counts. Joseph O’Connor, known in some corners of the internet as PlugWalkJoe, was indicted on an array of charges relating to a May 2019 cryptocurrency exchange hack. During the attack, he is alleged to have absconded with digital assets valued at approximately $784,000.In the criminal scheme, authorities believe O'Connor utilized SIM swap attacks (an artifice of fraud where 2FA phone calls and text messages are rerouted to a device controlled by the scammer) on three separate....
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