British hacker #Joseph O'Connor, also known online as PlugwalkJoe, received a five-year prison term in the United States for his participation in the April 2019 SIM swap assault that resulted in the theft of $794,000 worth of #cryptocurrencies.

O'Connor was first detained in Spain in July 2021, and on April 26, 2023, he was returned to the United States. He entered a guilty plea to a number of crimes in May, including #conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to #hack computers.