Noah Michael Urban, a key member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime collective, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy in April .

He was arrested in January 2024 , and in November, the U.S. Justice Department charged Urban (also known as King Bob, Gustavo Fring, Elijah, and Sosa), along with four other suspects linked to the same financially motivated cybercrime group. The charges included wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

According to court documents , they were able to steal millions from cryptocurrency wallets between September 2021 and April 2023, using credentials stolen in SMS phishing attacks targeting dozens of individuals and companies.

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