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.
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New crypto wallet makes it easy to use crypto through text messages
A crypto and telecommunications firm based in Miami, Florida, is introducing the first “crypto SIM card.”
10-year sentence for SIM hijacking crypto theft
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.
Alleged crypto-targeting SIM swap scammer nabbed in California
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.