Kwamaine Jerell Ford allegedly impersonated an adult film star and tricked his high-profile victims into sharing their iCloud credentials and MFA codes under false pretenses. The post Zero lessons learned: Convicted scammer allegedly ran another athlete-focused phishing scam from federal prison appeared first on CyberScoop.
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Bleeping Computer
1 year, 11 months ago
Tech support scam ring leader gets 7 years in prison, $6M fine
The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. [...]
The Register
3 years, 8 months ago
Instagram star gets 11 years for $300m email scam plot
Hushpuppi swaps private jet, Dubai penthouse for prison duds and $1.7m to victims An international cyber-scammer and Instagram star who plotted to launder more than $300 million over the course of 18 months was this week jailed – and he must pay back more than $1.7 million to his victims. …