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CASE 173  |  Uber Riders  |  March ?, 2024  |  USA
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  173
  date                March ?, 2024
  original_date       March, 2024
  year                2024
  month               3
  quarter             2024-Q1
  victim              Uber Riders
  location            Scottsdale, Arizona
  country             USA
  scenario            Authority Misuse
  description         Uber driver misused his position to steal $200K+ in crypto from customers' Coinbase accounts by taking their phones to "navigate".
  kidnappings         0
  violence_torture    0
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             0
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        $200k
  coin_type           crypto
  reports             NBCNews
  notes               uber driver pretended to need customers phone for navigation while transferring BTC from their wallets
  has_processed_date  0
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Uber Riders
  
  **Attackers:** Individuals misusing authority
  
  **Attack Method:** Authority Misuse
  
  **Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** $200k in crypto
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fake-uber-driver-made-300000-stealing-customers-cryptocurrency-rcna184096

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 174: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   NBCNews
  URL      https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fake-uber-driver-made-300000-stealing-customers-cryptocurrency-rcna184096
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Fake Uber driver made $300,000 stealing customers' cryptocurrency, police say
Police said Nuruhussein Hussein would ask to use the victim’s phone on the pretense of needing to look up directions or connect to the Uber app, ony to access their digital wallet.

By Patrick Smith
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.

The suspect was booked into Maricopa County Jail and both police and the Secret Service are continuing their investigation. He was charged with two counts of money laundering, two counts of fraudulent schemes and two counts of theft. He appeared in court for a bond hearing Wednesday and is due to appear again on Dec. 18.

The court heard Wednesday that he told one alleged victim to "chill or something bad would happen."
A $200,000 bond was placed on him and prosecutors told the court that the suspect regularly travels to Ethiopia and was a flight risk. The terms of the bond include constant electronic monitoring, a ban on all internet use and to stay in Maricopa County.

Cryptocurrency fraud, a fast-growing and lucrative crime, is a huge concern to law enforcement authorities. People across the U.S. made more than 69,000 complaints and reported losing $5.6 billion to this form of fraud in 2023, the FBI said.

The true figure is likely many times higher due to the reluctance of some victims to contact authorities.

More than 16,000 complaints of cryptocurrency fraud came from people over 60, according to the FBI's first Cryptocurrency Fraud Report, released in September.

Arrests related to cryptocurrency scams are relatively rare. Four accused scam artists, three from Southern California and one from suburban Chicago, were charged in an alleged so-called "pig butchering" scheme last December that persuaded victims to part with more than $80 million, officials said Thursday.

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Fake Uber driver made $300,000 stealing customers' cryptocurrency, police say

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Fake Uber driver in Arizona accused of stealing cryptocurrency

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.

The suspect was booked into Maricopa County Jail and both police and the Secret Service are continuing their investigation. He was charged with two counts of money laundering, two counts of fraudulent schemes and two counts of theft. He appeared in court for a bond hearing Wednesday and is due to appear again on Dec. 18.

The court heard Wednesday that he told one alleged victim to "chill or something bad would happen."

A $200,000 bond was placed on him and prosecutors told the court that the suspect regularly travels to Ethiopia and was a flight risk. The terms of the bond include constant electronic monitoring, a ban on all internet use and to stay in Maricopa County.

Cryptocurrency fraud, a fast-growing and lucrative crime, is a huge concern to law enforcement authorities. People across the U.S. made more than 69,000 complaints and reported losing $5.6 billion to this form of fraud in 2023, the FBI said.

The true figure is likely many times higher due to the reluctance of some victims to contact authorities.

More than 16,000 complaints of cryptocurrency fraud came from people over 60, according to the FBI's first Cryptocurrency Fraud Report, released in September.

Arrests related to cryptocurrency scams are relatively rare. Four accused scam artists, three from Southern California and one from suburban Chicago, were charged in an alleged so-called "pig butchering" scheme last December that persuaded victims to part with more than $80 million, officials said Thursday.

Patrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.

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