{"id":76151,"date":"2026-04-18T15:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-man-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-scheme-that-stole-8-million-in-virtual-currency-from-victims-across-u-s\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:05:17","slug":"u-k-man-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-scheme-that-stole-8-million-in-virtual-currency-from-victims-across-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-man-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-scheme-that-stole-8-million-in-virtual-currency-from-victims-across-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. man pleads guilty to hacking scheme that stole $8 million in virtual currency from victims across U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A U.K. man pleaded guilty in federal court to orchestrating a hacking scheme that stole $8 million in virtual currency from victims across America.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Robert Buchanan, 24, of Dundee, Scotland, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/british-national-pleads-guilty-hacking-companies-and-stealing-least-8-million-virtual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement. He appeared in the Central District of California&#8217;s federal court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/5-defendants-charged-federally-running-scheme-targeted-victim-companies-phishing-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0that Buchanan and several co-conspirators ran the scheme from September 2021 to April 2023. They primarily hacked into victims&#8217; phones with phishing messages that appeared to be from the victim&#8217;s company or a contracted supplier. The text messages often said that the employees&#8217; accounts were about to be deactivated and asked them to click on a link.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When victims opened these links, they were directed to fraudulent websites designed to mimic legitimate ones. Upon entering their personal information, Buchanan and his co-conspirators were able to exploit the confidential data to access virtual wallets and steal the currency, according to prosecutors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buchanan and his co-conspirators targeted at least 45 companies in the United States and abroad, including Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, court documents said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buchanan is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on August 21, where he faces a maximum penalty of 22 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors said Buchanan&#8217;s co-conspirators Ahmed Hossam Eldin Elbadawy, 24, a.k.a. &#8220;AD,&#8221; of College Station, Texas; Evans Onyeaka Osiebo, 21, of Dallas, Texas; and Joel Martin Evans, 26, a.k.a. &#8220;joeleoli,&#8221; of Jacksonville, North Carolina, still face criminal charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This case highlights a broader trend of cyber-enabled crime. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cryptocurrency-and-ai-scams-bilk-americans-of-billions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report<\/a> earlier in April that found that such crimes defrauded Americans of nearly $21 billion in 2025. Scammers increasingly leveraged social media, messages, and AI to target people. 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