He Stole Hundreds of iPhones and Looted People’s Life Savings. He Told Us How.
A convicted iPhone thief explains how a vulnerability in Apple’s software got him fast cash—and then a stint in a high-security prison
“I’m already serving time. I just feel like I should try to be on the other end of things and try to help people,” Johnson, 26 years old, told me in an interview we filmed inside the high-security prison where he’s expected to spend the next several years.
Sell the phones. Finally, he’d erase the phone and sell it to=Zhongshuang “Brandon” Suwho, according to his arrest warrant, sold them overseas.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/he-stole-hundreds-of-iphones-and-looted-peoples-life-savings-he-told-us-how-fbd81ab5
‘iPhone Man’ sentenced for Minneapolis cell phone theft ring conspiracy role
HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - Zhongshuang "Brandon" Su, dubbed "iPhone Man" as law enforcement and prosecutors cracked down on a sprawling cell phone theft ring often targeting victims in and around popular Minneapolis bar districts, has been sentenced to120 days in the Hennepin County workhouse.
Su, 33, a Chinese national, insists he had no idea where the phones and other electronics were coming from, acknowledging he should have asked more questions when dozens came to him in a short period of time. He claims that he was instead focused on making money in what he called a lucrative enterprise abroad.
Ultimately, prosecutors dropped the racketeering count against him, and allowed him to plead guilty to charges of receiving stolen property with 120 days in the workhouse.
https://www.fox9.com/news/iphone-man-sentenced-for-minneapolis-cell-phone-theft-ring-conspiracy-role
What a fucking joke.