Fake Uber Driver Charged With Stealing $223,000 in Crypto From Passengers
A man in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in crypto from victims who thought he was an Uber driver. Prosecutors have called it an “extremely sophisticated electronic fraud,” and it’s a strange approach to scamming that makes it sound unique in several ways.
Nuruhussein Hussein, 40, allegedly picked up two unsuspecting people who were looking for Uber rides they’d ordered in Scottsdale—one in March and the other in October according to Fox 10—by shouting their names on the street outside a hotel. It’s not clear how Hussein may have known these people were looking for rides and court documents give no indication how he…
