Aaron Daniel Motta, a 27-year-old cybersecurity expert from Florida, has been slapped with felony charges after stealing $575,000 worth of crypto from an elderly victim, The Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Motta managed to steal a Trezor cryptocurrency hardware wallet along with the password while installing a security system at the victims’ house.
Trezor and other hardware wallets permit their customers to store a slew of cryptocurrencies offline. Motta was released on bail on Friday after shelling out $60000.
As reported by U.Today, an elderly woman from Dublin was arrested for scamming her victim out of one million euros back in February.
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Last week, Trezor customers were targeted with bogus data breach emails
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