US authorities allege that members of an online group calling itself “The Community” conspired to “hack numerous targets” with the objective of stealing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, between February 2018 and May 2018
File photo Image: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie File photo Image: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie A 20-YEAR-OLD Irish man is facing more than 100 years in a US prison for allegedly stealing more than $2 million in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies online.
. The others are resident in the US. Mr Justice Donald Binchy remanded Freeman in custody to appear before the High Court on 22 May next, when an application for bail is expected to be made.The extradition warrant states that Freeman and five others were indicted by a Grand Jury in the Eastern District of Michigan on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aiding and abetting wire fraud and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft on April 18, 2019.
In May 2018, a member of “The Community” involved in these attacks was arrested in the Eastern District of Michigan. This individual cooperated with US authorities, who gained access to his computers, including records of online chats between this subject and others.
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