A 27-year-old man stole greater than $575,000 value of cryptocurrency from an aged particular person whereas he was establishing know-how within the sufferer’s dwelling, in line with the Clearwater Police Division.
Aaron Daniel Motta of Pinellas Park faces felony fees of grand theft and offenses towards pc customers, in line with an arrest affidavit.
Motta was on the sufferer’s home to arrange a safety system and had entry to the sufferer’s pc, the report mentioned. Whereas there, Motta stole a Trezor {hardware} pockets, which lets customers retailer cryptocurrency offline, and located the password to it close by, police mentioned.
Motta then transferred cryptocurrency value $575,910.61 on the time to a number of wallets that he managed, in line with police. Cryptocurrency is a sort of digital forex saved on the blockchain, a peer-to-peer community that serves as a safe ledger of transactions.
A Fb web page in Motta’s title mentioned he’s an IT supervisor, former cyber safety engineer and moral hacker. Calls went unanswered Saturday to a cellphone quantity written on the affidavit, which can also be listed on-line for the corporate Motta works for, in line with the Fb web page.
The sufferer is 65 years or older, in line with the affidavit.
Motta was booked into Pinellas County Jail on Friday afternoon however launched earlier than 1 a.m. Saturday after paying $60,000 bail.
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