An 18-year-old Florida teenager who ran a scam that used hacked celebrity Twitter accounts to dupe ordinary people out of their money has been sentenced to three years behind bars, the Office of the State Attorney 13th Judicial Circuit in Tampa announced. Graham Clark, who was 17 when he committed the crimes, reached a deal with prosecutors, under which he pleaded guilty to 30 counts—including organized fraud and fraudulent use of personal information—and will serve three years in a juvenile facility, followed by three years probation, the state attorney’s office said Tuesday. “He took over the accounts of famous people, but the money he stole came from regular, hard-working people,” State Attorney Andrew Warren said in a statement. “Graham Clark needs to be held accountable for that crime, and other potential scammers out there need to see the consequences.” The scam involved Clark taking over a number of high-profile Twitter accounts—including those …
Teen Who Hacked Celebrity Twitter Accounts to Run Bitcoin Scam Gets Jail Time
March 17, 2021
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