Posted on 05/21/2023 9:46:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Wisconsin teen bragged “fraud is fun” before allegedly hacking user accounts on sports betting website DraftKings and helping others steal $600,000, Manhattan federal prosecutors charged Thursday.
Joseph Garrison, 18, is accused of swiping the login information of 60,000 accounts in the Nov. 18 cyberattack, and then selling the data, allowing others to steal money from some of the users, the feds alleged.
In total, the Madison man allegedly helped others loot the $600,000 from a total of 1,600 users — with at least 30 of those accounts belonging to New Yorkers, prosecutors said. Before Garrison carried out the major hack, he bragged in messages to one of his co-conspirators on Sept. 16 that “fraud is fun,” adding that he’s “addicted to see [sic] money in my account,” according to the criminal complaint against him.
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Not a juvie....better get used to wearing your pants below your butt.
The article says he faces 20 years behind bars if convicted. I hope he serves the full sentence. He needs to suffer the consequences, big time!
I wonder if the authorities will offer him a deal he can’t refuse? They might tell him, he has 2 choices. Come to work for us, and show us all you know, or go to the big house, for a very long time.
This kid hacks draft kings and steals 1600 accounts and the case winds up in NYC that is just bs
This kid is likely to get whacked long before a trial date.
-PJ
While he is a “teen”, at 18 he is a legal adult.
Major wire fraud
Hope he didn’t have any immediate plans for the future
He’s in for a lot of fun he didn’t expect
Heh true
Draft Kings offered him double or nothing to get the money back.
Gee — this almost suggests that online gambling is a dumb idea (/sarc)
If I were him, I’d be more concerned about the kind of people who run any major gambling enterprise. I know we’re no longer in the Godfather age of gambling, but the taint is still there.
If he’s white, he’s in big trouble.
While technically true that he is a teen, I never refer to an 18 or 19 year old as a "teen." To me, the teen years are 13-17.
Hope he gets locked up for a long time. Sounds like he ran a sophisticated scheme and anybody saying things like "fraud is fun" while ripping people off needs to do some hard time.
Totally agree.
With 100% restitution.
And never allowed to vote.
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