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Ryan Dellone, a healthcare worker in Fresno, California, has decided to sue the owner of the Bitcoin wallet that allegedly stole his BTC stash on December 14, 2021, via the execution of an unauthorized SIM swap.
As per a report, the SIM swap scam involved an employee working for Dellone’s mobile network operator who switched the California resident’s phone number over to a new device that was controlled by the attacker. It is crucial to note that Dellone claims that roughly $100,000 in digital assets were stolen from his wallet.
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