A British man was ordered to repay over 5 million dollars for his involvement in a Bitcoin scam using celebrity/brand accounts.

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According to Jinse Finance, as reported by Cointelegraph, a British man has been ordered to repay over $5 million for his involvement in a Bitcoin scam using celebrity/brand accounts. Joseph James O’Connor must repay $5.4 million after he hijacked the X accounts of people like Musk and Obama in 2020 through a SIM swap attack.

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