SquiffSquiff ,

For carrying the unauthorized number porting, Katz received $1,000 in Bitcoin per SIM swap (total of $5,000), plus an (unspecified) percentage of the profits earned from the illicit access to the victims' devices.

For his actions, Katz faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the financial gain or loss from the crime

adespoton ,

And he’s just the one who got caught.

IllNess OP ,

The FBI received 1,600 complaints about SIM-swapping in 2021, a sharp increase from the three previous years.

Source: Wikipedia

This guy was only guilty for 5.

Most incidents seem to be from social engineering tech support though. No manager needed.

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