Ex-Ubiquiti Employee Imprisoned For $2m Crypto Extortion Scheme
The defendant was also ordered to pay $1.6m in restitution and forfeit property used for the crimes
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The defendant was also ordered to pay $1.6m in restitution and forfeit property used for the crimes
A former employee of Ubiquiti has been sentenced to six years in jail after he pleaded guilty to posing as an anonymous hacker and a whistleblower in an attempt to extort almost $2 million worth of cryptocurrency while working at the company
Nickolas Sharp now faces up to 35 years in prison A former Ubiquiti Networks employee accused of hatching an elaborate plot to first steal nearly $2 million from his employer, extort more, then later orchestrating a smear campaign against the company pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges Thursday.…