UK Strikes Back: Twitter Hacker’s £4.11M Crypto Fortune Seized—O’Connor’s Bitcoin Blunder Bites Back!
British prosecutors have seized £4.11 million in crypto assets from Twitter hacker Joseph James O’Connor, ensuring his Bitcoin scam riches vanish faster than a tweet storm. Despite serving a US sentence, O’Connor’s high-profile caper profits are melting away, proving cybercriminals can’t escape justice, even from abroad.
Hot Take:
Looks like the only thing O’Connor is cashing in on these days is his prison sentence. Forget Bitcoin—maybe he should start investing in better life choices! The UK authorities are proving that you can’t just SIM-swap your way out of justice. Celebrity accounts aren’t the only ones getting hacked here; O’Connor’s finances have officially been breached too!
Key Points:
- Joseph James O’Connor’s crypto assets worth £4.11 million are being seized by British prosecutors.
- The Twitter hack involved using celebrity accounts to solicit Bitcoin through SIM-swapping and social engineering.
- O’Connor is currently serving a five-year sentence in the US after pleading guilty to multiple charges.
- The civil recovery order allows UK authorities to seize illicit gains even if the conviction happened abroad.
- The CPS has recovered nearly £478 million over the past five years through confiscation and compensation orders.
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