How ‘Baby Al Capone’ pulled off a $23.8 million crypto heist

NY Post ^ | 5/23/2020 | Michael Kaplan

[CaptainK]

Ellis Pinsky, a high-school senior in Irvington, NY, has been named as "an evil mastermind" in a $71.4 million civil complaint accusing him of cryptocurrency theft when he was just 15 years old. MORE ON:

In January 2018, a team of some half-dozen computer hackers — scattered across Europe and the United States — scammed their way into Michael Terpin’s cryptocurrency account, fleeced it and laundered the funds: some $23.8 million, according to a bombshell lawsuit.

Allegedly at the center of the heist was Westchester teen Ellis Pinsky. According to papers filed May 7 in Manhattan federal court, Pinsky is “an evil mastermind.” The suit asks for $71.4 million.

The wildest part? Ellis was just 15 years old at the time of the theft.

[SmokingJoe]

Al was a tough street hood in New York long before he was 18. He ended up as the mob boss in Chicago for crying out loud.
How the writer can even compare this keyboard jockey to Al Capone is beyond me.