A new investigation by pseudonymous crypto detective ZachXBT has exposed the role of Canadian scammer Yahya in assisting in 17 SIM swap attacks that resulted in more than $4.5 million stolen in 2023.

In SIM swaps, hackers trick phone companies into moving a victim’s phone number onto a SIM card the hackers have. This lets the hackers get into all the victim’s accounts linked to their phone numbers.

According to the findings, Yahya participated in 17 SIM swaps this year, targeting victims including Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, crypto influencer Bitboy, the Aptos Foundation, and PleasrDAO.

Yahya’s role was to conduct lookups on targets’ phone numbers and social media accounts using his access to data tools. This information was then used by the lead scammer Skenkir to carry out SIM swap attacks on victims in the US. As payment, Yahya received a percentage of the proceeds from each successful theft.

The investigation provides seve

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