Teen Bragged ‘Fraud Is Fun’ Before Allegedly Hacking DraftKings, Stealing $600K: Feds
New York Post | May 18, 2023 | Priscilla DeGregoryA Wisconsin teen bragged “fraud is fun” before allegedly hacking user accounts on sports betting website DraftKings and helping others steal $600,000, Manhattan federal prosecutors charged Thursday.
Joseph Garrison, 18, is accused of swiping the login information of 60,000 accounts in the Nov. 18 cyberattack, and then selling the data, allowing others to steal money from some of the users, the feds alleged.
In total, the Madison man allegedly helped others loot the $600,000 from a total of 1,600 users — with at least 30 of those accounts belonging to New Yorkers, prosecutors said. Before Garrison carried out the major hack, he bragged in messages to one of his co-conspirators on Sept. 16 that “fraud is fun,” adding that he’s “addicted to see [sic] money in my account,” according to the criminal complaint against him.
If this means that his co-conspirators logged into gambling accounts and re-directed winnings to their own banks, then he is for a world of hurt from the type of guys you don’t play around with.
Warden: “And now he will see his dream of becoming a Green Bay (fudge) Packer come to fruition.”
“Hey, Joe! There’s some guy named Knuckles at the door. He wants to have a word with you…”
The really serious players don’t use on line sports books. It’s what keeps Cross-Eyed Johnny busy in the back room of El Skeezo’s Liquor Emporium.