Fake Uber Driver Accused Of Stealing Customers Crypotcurrency

By Anthony • December 15, 2024 9:43 pm • Comments

Arizona police have arrested a fake Uber driver for allegedly stealing over $300,000 in cryptocurrency from passengers.

Arizona officers in Scottsdale, Arizona, arrested Nuruhussein Hussein, 40, on Wednesday and charged him with felony counts of theft, fraud, and money laundering.

According to police, Hussein would pretend to be an Uber driver and pick up passengers waiting outside hotels who had ordered a real Uber.

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Hussein would then pretend to be their Uber driver and then ask to use their phone for directions.

Once Hussein had possession of their phone, he manipulated their phones and drained their cryptocurrency wallets.

Here’s what NBC News reported:

Police have arrested a fake Uber driver who is accusing of stealing more than $300,000 in cryptocurrency from unwitting passengers.

Officers in Scottsdale, Arizona, a desert city east of Phoenix, apprehended Nuruhussein Hussein, 40, on Wednesday on felony charges of theft, fraud and money laundering, Scottsdale Police Department said in a statement.

In a joint operation with the United States Secret Service field office in Phoenix, police said they found that between March and December this year the suspect pretended to be an Uber driver and picked up unsuspecting customers who had ordered a real ride outside a hotel in Scottsdale.

Police said Hussein would then ask to use the victim’s phone, on the pretense of needing to look up directions or connect to the Uber app.

“While manipulating the unsuspecting victim’s phone the suspect transferred cryptocurrency from their digital wallet to his digital wallet,” police said in a statement.

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