$1,000,000 Stolen
On Oct 26 2018, AT&T gave hackers control of Robert Ross' mobile service. Minutes later, they stole $1M from him.
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SHAPIRO v AT&T
Civil Lawsuit filed 10/17/2019
On October 17th, 2019, Seth Shapiro filed a civil lawsuit for AT&T’s repeated failure to protect its wireless cell service subscriber, resulting in massive and ongoing violations of Mr. Shapiro’s privacy, the compromise of his highly sensitive personal and financial information, and the theft of more than $1.8 million.
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ROSS v AT&T
Civil Lawsuit filed 10/17/2019
On October 17th, 2019, Robert Ross filed a civil lawsuit against AT&T for enabling the attacker to gain access to his mobile number. The negligence of the AT&T resulted in massive violations of Mr. Ross’s privacy, the compromise of his highly sensitive personal and financial information, and the theft of more than $1 million.
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TERPIN v TRUGLIA
Civil Lawsuit Filed 08/15/2018
On January 7 2018, AT&T gave hackers control of Michael Terpin's mobile service. Because of that, the hackers were able to steal $24M from Terpin. On December 28, 2018, Terpin filed a civil lawsuit against 21-year old Nicholas Truglia, claiming Truglia was the one of the hackers that stole the money.
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TERPIN v AT&T
Civil Lawsuit Filed 08/15/2018
AT&T gave hackers control of Michael Terpin's mobile service. Then the hackers were able to steal $24M from him. On August 15 2018, Terpin filed a $224M lawsuit against AT&T, for the $24M stolen and $200M in damages.
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US v JACK
Felony Criminal Complaint
Robert Jack, a AT&T contract employee from Tuscon, Arizona, conducted twelve unauthorised SIM swaps in May of 2018, including the swap that facilitated the theft from victim Seth Shapiro.
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US v WHITE
Felony Criminal Complaint
Jarratt White is a former contract employee of AT&T residing in Arizona. He was repeatedly bribed by JD, a member of The Community to assist with their SIM swap attacks. In total, White's assistance facilitated the theft of approximately $2,143,471.69
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US v JOSEPH
Felony Criminal Complaint
Fendley Joseph was an employee of Verizon who was bribed by JD to assist The Community. Joseph's assistance facilitated the theft of approximately $100,000 from victim DM. JD paid Joseph to provide Personal Identifiable Information for targeted Verizon customers.
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US v STEVENSON
Felony Criminal Complaint
Ryan Stevenson has previously been hailed as an online security hero. Stevenson was gifted $1,000 by the third-largest mobile provider in the U.S., T-Mobile. This was after identifying a vulnerability on T-Mobile’s website which allowed anyone to access customer account PINs and home addresses. An investigative report by Krebs on Security, claimed Stevenson, had also been selling ‘doxing’ services for carriers in the U.S.
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US v HANDSCHUMACHER
Felony Criminal Complaint
On July 18, 2018, Pasco County authorities arrested Ricky Joseph Handschumacher, an employee of the city of Port Richey, Fla, charging him with grand theft and money laundering.
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US v ABBAS
Felony Criminal Complaint
In February of 2018, Abbas participated in an online chat furthering the scheme to defraud GP that was transmitted in interstate commerce. He accessed GP's cryptocurrency exchange account and transferred funds stolen from GP.
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US v ENDICOTT
Felony Criminal Complaint
Garrett Endicott's role in The Community was to research victims and provide personally identifiable information associated with victims to facilitate the theft of their identities.
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US v FREEMAN
Felony Criminal Complaint
The government requested the Court to issue an order sealing the arrest warrant but authorizing the government to disclose these materials to law enforcement personnel for the arrest of Freeman and his extradition to the US.
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US v JURISIC
Felony Criminal Complaint
In May of 2018, Colton Jurisic and other members of The Community knowingly used identifiers if JP for the purpose of executing a scheme to fraudulently obtain cryptocurrency during and in relation to a violation of 18 USC Sections 1343 and 2.
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US v HARED
Felony Criminal Complaint
Hared was arrested in Tucson and made his initial appearance in the District of Arizona on January 31, 2019. He was released on a $100,000 bond. He appeared before US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on February 13, 2019.
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US v DITMAN
Felony Criminal Complaint
A federal grand jury indicted Matthew Gene Ditman with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, extortion, and aggravated identity theft. Ditman was arrested in Las Vegas and made his initial appearance in the District of Nevada on January 31, 2019. He was released on bond.
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CALIFORNIA v TRUGLIA
Felony Criminal Complaint
In Nov 2018, Nicholas Truglia was arrested and charged with 21 felony counts related to SIM swapping, including stealing $1M from Robert Ross. The felonies include Identity Theft, Grand Theft, Money Laundering and Aggravated White Collar Criminal Crime.
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CALIFORNIA v ORTIZ
Felony Criminal Complaint
On July 12 2018, REACT arrested Joel Ortiz at Los Angeles International Airport on his way to Europe. Ortiz was charged with 44 felony counts related to SIM swapping, including multiple counts each of Identity Theft, Grand Theft, Hacking, as well as an Aggravated White Collar Criminal Crime.
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CALIFORNIA v HARRIS
Felony Criminal Complaint
In October 2018, Joseph Harris was arrested and charged with 4 felony counts related to SIM swapping, including stealing $14M from a company and its employees. The felonies include Identity Theft, Grand Theft, Money Laundering and Aggravated White Collar Criminal Crime.
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CALIFORNIA v NARVAEZ
Felony Criminal Complaint
On August 17, 2018, Xzavyer Narvaez was arrested and charged with 7 felony counts related to SIM swapping. The felonies include numerous charges of Identity Theft, Hacking, and Grand Theft.
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CALIFORNIA v UNG
Felony Criminal Complaint
In Nov 2018, Kalvin Ung was arrested and charged with 65 felony counts related to SIM swapping. The felonies include numerous charges of Identity Theft, Hacking, and Grand Theft.
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