In this mini-documentary, I cover the story of Joel Ortiz. From growing up in Boston public housing to landing a full-ride scholarship at UMass Boston to Study Computer science, where he would then steal millions of dollars in a never-before-seen financial cyber attack targeting large crypto investors and companies. What did he do with the money? Lived the life of a billionaire’s son, designer clothes, private yets, taking trips to LA, you name it; before it, all came crashing down to a series of mistakes.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:12 – The Beginning
04:18 – Bad Influences
07:38 – Petty Theft
13:13 – Stealing Thousands
16:18 – The Community
20:26 – Stealing Millions
25:55 – Spending Millions
27:58 – Raycon
29:04 – Spending Millions
34:22 – Getting Caught
Special thanks to Joseph Harris, friend of Joel Ortiz, for his help and parts in the video. Please check out his channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@doc
Music: Bitcoin Bandit – Sim Swap, Rest provided by Epidemic Sound
Sources:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3q7mz/hacker-allegedly-stole-millions-bitcoin-sim-swapping
https://www.vice.com/en/article/vbqax3/hackers-sim-swapping-steal-phone-numbers-instagram-bitcoin
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x3may/cops-arrest-sim-swapper-14-million-cryptocurrency
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/02/more-alleged-sim-swappers-face-justice/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/05/nine-charged-in-alleged-sim-swapping-ring/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/international-hacking-group-members-sentenced-sim-hijacking-conspiracy-resulted-theft
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/07/31/boston-school-valedictorian-arrested-cryptocurrency-theft/7p5MnBQKPlpz3V96IwGb5K/story.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bosmayorsoffice/26788697544/in/photolist-GPe5tA-HCEeuB-HCEbQi-HFYatw-HFYanQ-GPidPz-HFY8Ys-GPe5d5-HCEfux-GPe57y-GPie3v-HCEc6D-HCEg1T-GPe52d-GPe4QG-GPe4HC-HFYaFW-sMm1HQ-tJn4Mz-tJn6UR-HCEeNT-GPe4MA-GPe5kE-HCEf1M-uaMGrG-tJta1e-trUKdn-tJn7xV-tG2kk1-tJ3twU-26DwmYw-trUGU4-tJn7uP-tJt7tk-trLXhu-tG2izC-sMm33d-trLeVQ-tJn7K8-sMwk9B-trUKoc-tG2kys-trLeuj-tJ3ufY-tJ3u5h-sMm1Rq-sMkZTo-trUHgg-tG2kfG-trLVdQ/
https://www.hackread.com/how-a-man-hacked-his-victims-sim-cards-to-steal-millions/
https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/08/02/joel-ortiz-bitcoin-theft-scheme
https://web.archive.org/web/20130506012958/http://joelisaninja.tk/
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