Police have arrested a 29-year-old New Jersey man named Darren Carter after stealing more than $15,000 in cryptocurrency.

The scammer impersonated a cryptocurrency holder on the Coinbase platform.

He was able to do that after stealing his mobile phone at the California airport to access the account and transfer what the victim had to his account.

The investigation continued for more than four months by the police in Westport, Connecticut, USA

Until the scammer Darren Carter sent an email apologizing to the victim.

To reach the interests of the police instead of the victim, and Carter is located and arrested.

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I started the case Exactly on the 17th of April of this year where the victim went to Westport Police to file a complaint against an unknown who had taken his Coinbase account and transferred $1,5472.31 from his account.

Police investigations revealed that the amount transferred from the Coinbase platform was transferred to another account and then transferred to the Paypal account.

In the end, the money was recovered from the fraudster and returned to its owners, and “Carter” was sentenced to pay a financial guarantee estimated at $150,000.

However, the fraudster was unable to pay the amount, which led to him being transferred to the Connecticut State Prison.

Accordingly, and the witness from this story, it is necessary to take care of the mobile phone and in the event of its loss, direct the SIM card and inform the concerned authorities (platforms, banks…) to stop any transfer process until the SIM is retrieved and immediate action would prevent any security threat.

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