A 27-year-old man stole greater than $575,000 price of cryptocurrency from an aged individual whereas he was organising know-how within the sufferer’s house, in accordance with the Clearwater Police Division.
Aaron Daniel Motta of Pinellas Park faces felony fees of grand theft and offenses towards pc customers, in accordance 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 stated. Whereas there, Motta stole a Trezor {hardware} pockets, which lets customers retailer cryptocurrency offline, and located the password to it close by, police stated.
Motta then transferred cryptocurrency price $575,910.61 on the time to a number of wallets that he managed, in accordance 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 identify stated 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 accordance with the Fb web page.
The sufferer is 65 years or older, in accordance 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.
