Overall, according to the indictment, Moucka and Binns accessed “billions of sensitive customer records,” and were successful in extorting at least three victims of at least 36 bitcoin (around $2.5 million when the victims paid) over a span of almost a year, from around November 2023, until October 10 of this year.
Prosecutors say Moucka, who lived in Canada, is also known online as “judische,” “catist,” “waif,” and “cllyels,” and Binns, who lived in Turkey, was known as “irdev”and “j_irdev1337.” Moucka was arrested in Canada last week. Binns was previously arrested in Turkey, according to 404 Media.