Category: Swatting

Two Men Charged For Breaching Federal Law Enforcement Database And Posing As Police Officers

March 15, 2023

In pursuit of victims’ personal information, Singh and Ceraolo unlawfully used a police officer’s stolen password to access a restricted database maintained by a federal law enforcement agency that contains (among other…
eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 5: PlugwalkJoe

March 8, 2023

Buy a hat and hold the F on. This story gets nuts. Between 2019 and 2020, a character only known as “PlugwalkJoe” went on an online crime spree. From SIM swapping, to…
eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 3: Violence As A Service With ”PatTheBat”

February 27, 2023

This episode we take a look at a shooting at one PA residence and a firebombing at another. Are these two crimes related? We will meet an enforcer who named himself “PatTheBat”…
eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 2: Swatting Gets Deadly

February 21, 2023

This week we take a look at the damage left behind by a serial swatter who wanted notable Instagram and Twitter usernames so badly he would try anything to get them. While…
eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 1: The Community

February 21, 2023

We will look at a case where nine young men, calling themselves “The Community”, conspired to steal millions of dollars of cryptocurrency. The Community took control of their victims’ mobile phone numbers…

Two Men Charged For Breaching Federal Law Enforcement Database And Posing As Police Officers