
AT&T sued over alleged phone theft, crypto hack
A California man claimed AT&T employees helped to swap the SIM card in his phone to perpetuate the theft of his cryptocurrencies valued at $1.8 million.
A California man claimed AT&T employees helped to swap the SIM card in his phone to perpetuate the theft of his cryptocurrencies valued at $1.8 million.
Last year, Joel Ortiz was arrested in California for his supposed involvement in a SIM swap scam that saw more than $5 million in cryptocurrency stolen from the wallets of unsuspecting victims.
Police in California arrested Joel Ortiz, who is accused of involvement in a scam where several cellphone numbers were hacked, yielding over $5 million in cryptocurrency.