Arizona man allegedly impersonated Uber driver to steal $300,000 in cryptocurrency

According to a report by Cointelegraph, a man in Arizona, USA is suspected of impersonating an Uber driver and stealing $300,000 worth of cryptocurrency. The Scottsdale Police Department has charged Nuruhussein Hussein with pretending to be an Uber driver twice in March and October of this year, and specifically talking to passengers by name to lure them into waiting outside the W Hotel in Scottsdale. Once in the car, Nuruhussein Hussein asked to borrow the passengers' phones, then used them to access their Coinbase accounts and transfer cryptocurrency. Nuruhussein Hussein will appear in court again on December 18th.