Joel shall be sentenced to 10 years in state jail for his function within the theft of over $7M of Crytpo Currency. cryptocurrency-thief-cops-to-million-dollar-hacking-scheme-as-tech-squad-builds-rep/” goal=”_blank”>https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/04/cryptocurrency-thief-cops-to-million-dollar-hacking-scheme-as-tech-squad-builds-rep/
In addition to that, my stolen Bitcointalk account was bought to Open Platform CEO Angud “Ken” Sangha for the needs of peddling an ICO. An ICO which I imagine was fraudulent.
Here’s the Full Letter:
To Joel Ortiz (and anybody else he was working with)
My first hack occurred Aug. 17th 2019. The hacker took over private electronic mail accounts and bought right into a crypto alternate and stole 41 ETH from me. The whole hack process and draining of funds most likely lasted lower than 30 minutes.
I lastly determined it was time to get severe about 2FA authenticators.
Little did I do know, I additionally misplaced my Bitcointalk discussion board account on the identical time however I didn’t understand it till February 2019. That account was a Senior degree account with good advantage and was bought to an organization in the course of the ICO loopy for the needs of shilling an unlawful ICO. The identify of that firm is Open Platform and the CEO is Angud “Ken” Sangha. You two appear to be in good firm with stolen identities and haven’t any downside with ethics.
Time passes to November 28th 2019. I’m on a stroll at 4pm within the afternoon with my spouse after I get a notification about password modifications on my gmail account I RUN TO THE HOUSE whereas making an attempt to not vomit on the identical time. That sinking, twisting intestine punch feeling of August returned.
How might this be? I’m utilizing Authenticator? Everything needs to be secure proper?….Notifications of password bypasses and profitable SMS workarounds on numerous accounts began popping up on my cellphone …then one other…and one other electronic mail account and but once more, my alternate account.
These Changes to passwords to permit for withdraw. Disabling options…
I’m sitting there on cellphone to AT&T. “We’re sorry but you just activated your phone somewhere with a photo ID” she says.
I made a decision to sort an electronic mail to myself to see if my hacker would reply to me on my final account…My yahoo account.
I despatched the hacker this message utilizing my very own account:
Hacker Response:
I broke down within the angriest tears I can bear in mind ever having and felt as if I might by no means contact the web once more.
Mr. Ortiz, I’m so sorry you’ll be sitting in jail as an alternative of utilizing your unbelievable abilities for one thing productive in your faculty years, your rising years, your twenties. I’m speechless actually to assume it was doable for this unbelievable R.E.A.C.T. group to search out you. I subpoenaed ATT and filed police experiences in hopes to search out you and others concerned on this exercise. Thanks to the onerous work of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department. There is a deputy particularly, who shall stay anonymous attributable to my respect for his privateness, that gave me hope. An actual sense of hope that somebody (or group) would lastly be apprehended. That hope was realized.
Mr. Ortiz, do you’ve got any concept what it feels wish to lose hundreds of {dollars} AND have your persona and good identify additional exploited for the needs of fraud? It’s like a sufferer getting mugged by a gang and kicked a second time by a very completely different gang.
No due to you, I’ve been sick with paranoia for a lot of the final 2 years. I misplaced 41 ETH and $10,000 in authorized illustration to report that ICO firm to the correct authorities as I attempted to get that discussion board account bought to them. Ken Sangha is the CEO of Open Platform ICO and I hope that he’s pursued by way of this justice system. He too wants a style of your new future. But I digress. Your new future begins right this moment and I’m scared for you, however when you can imagine it, I’ve empathy as an entire stranger. You alternatively, haven’t but realized this delicate artwork of compassion for the strangers of the web.
But you already know what? I hope you develop from this and rejoin society and profit the world. Use your time to proceed your training. At least your intelligence can develop, however I hope your ethical compass and emotional intelligence can develop as properly. You might train a category in jail with the abilities you’ve got. I hope you do. The world wants your abilities whether or not you imagine that or not. Find your soul on this time and God bless you in your new journey.
Sincerely,
Your anonymous, faceless sufferer, Jeremiah Nichol
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