A British man has been ordered to repay over $5 million after being convicted of using celebrity and brand accounts to carry out Bitcoin scams.
TechFlame
2025-11-18 02:06
TechFlame2025-11-18 02:06
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TechFlame reports that according to Cointelegraph, a British man has been ordered to repay over $5 million for his involvement in a Bitcoin scam using celebrity and brand accounts. Joseph James O'Connor must return $5.4 million after hijacking X accounts belonging to figures like Elon Musk and Barack Obama through SIM-swapping attacks in 2020.