A Florida teen is facing 30 felony charges for scamming people across America, and perpetrating the “Bit-Con” hack of prominent Twitter accounts including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Elon Musk.
TAMPA (CBSMiami) — A Florida teen is facing 30 felony charges for scamming people across America, and perpetrating the “Bit-Con” hack of prominent Twitter accounts including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Elon Musk. Graham Clark,17, was arrested Friday in Tampa, where the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case. “These crimes were perpetrated using the names of famous people and celebrities, but they’re not the primary victims here. This ‘Bit-Con’ was designed to steal money from regular Americans from all over the country, including here in Florida. This massive fraud was orchestrated right here in our backyard, and we will not stand for that,” Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren said. The investigation revealed Clark’s scheme involved hacking the Twitter account of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around the world out of Bitcoin, Authorities said he posted messages in their names directing victims to send Bitcoin to accounts associated with Clark, and received more than $100,000 in Bitcoin in just one day.
