NY’s Bitcoin Bandit ordered to pay $75M to SIM-swap victim

NY’s Bitcoin Bandit ordered to pay $75M to SIM-swap victim
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2019-5-13 17:18

Michael Terpin, the Bitcoin investor who had $24 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from him in a SIM-swapping hack, has been awarded a payout three-times the size of his original loss. Los Angeles Superior Court has ordered New York-based Bitcoin Bandit Nicholas Truglia to pay Terpin $74.

8 million in compensation, Reuters reports. Truglia and his gang of 25 accomplices used SIM-swapping to gain access to and control Terpin’s cryptocurrency accounts in early 2018. The gang drained his accounts of 3 million tokens of an unnamed digital asset. Terpin logged his case against Truglia in January this year, and is still…

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A high-profile cryptocurrency theft case and a series of lawsuits associated with it have brought SIM swap hacks to the limelight once again. Nicolas Truglia, the primary suspect of a $24 million-dollar cryptocurrency theft case where BitAngels founder Michael Terpin’s crypto holdings were robbed, was known to live in $6,000 per month rented apartment.

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BitAngles Founder Files a New Lawsuit Over a $24 Million Cryptocurrency Theft Case

In a new development to a year-old crypto theft case, Michael Terpin, the founder of BitAngels investment group has filed a lawsuit seeking $81 million in damages. Terpin has filed a civil suit and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations claim against a man from New York and other people, who allegedly stole $24 million worth of […] BitAngles Founder Files a New Lawsuit Over a $24 Million Cryptocurrency Theft Case was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Blockchain News | Bitcoin News | blokt.com.

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Bitcoin theft victim sues AT&T for $224M after SIM-swap bungle

Nicolas Truglia, the infamous cryptocurrency con-man already arrested for stealing $1 million in digital assets, is now being sued for a further $81 million by another one of his victims. Court documents allege Truglia worked with a crew of 25 unnamed individuals to steal $24 million in cryptocurrency from Michael Terpin, an early Bitcoin investor, reports the Register.

2019-1-17 16:45


A Complete Explanation of the Michael Terpin, AT&T Lawsuit

Bitcoin thought leader Michael Terpin lost $24 million in various altcoins last year, and he is suing AT&T to recover that as well as $200 million in punitive damages. While this story has been covered by a few major outlets, none of them dug deep into the complaint in a way we thought properly covered […] The post A Complete Explanation of the Michael Terpin, AT&T Lawsuit appeared first on Coinjournal.

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