A California man is first to receive jail time for SIM hijacking scheme

Authorities say they believe that a California man is the first to receive jail time for enacting a SIM hijacking scheme, after pleading guilty to stealing more than $5 million in cryptocurrency.Motherboard (via Engadget) reports that 20-year-old Joel Ortiz has been sentenced to 10 years in prison as part of a plea deal. He admitted to stealing information from around 40 people, allowing him to steal millions in cryptocurrencies. Authorities tell Motherboard that they hope that the sentence (he