Mr312 SIM swapper in prison
Scammer who SIM swapped Mr312, and stealing ~$70000 crypto that included $68700 APE and 1500 ENS tokens on 6th August 2022 has been sentenced to whopping 8y prison time and told to pay $1.2-million in restitution.
According to ZachXBT, most popular cryptocurrency detective, this is definitely the same person who swapped SIM of Mr312. In total, Zach says the thief has stolen $386,000 worth of cryptocurrencies and very expensive Bored Ape Yatch Club NFT.
BAYC 9012, which he stole was sold for $130,000 exactly 481 days ago. In total, he made over 740,000 dollars in a span of 4-years.
So, how do we know that it was the same person in both cases? Well, the Justice Department webpage says that the defendant sold the NFT for $130k on NFT marketplace. Well, call it is a coincidence but the Mr312’s SIM scammer also sold the bored ape yatch club for the very same amount.
Mr312’s SIM swapper is now in jail. 🥇
He stole $0.74M crypto in just 4y!
Source – https://t.co/8Uqw1uEBsD
Via – https://t.co/fkiLnSUQxg
— Kamal Singh 👑 (@emphatic) December 1, 2023
SIM swapper executed myriad online schemes to fraud victims by various online scams and unauthorized intrusions into victims’ social media accounts and committed multiple Zelle payment frauds.