Thief buys $600,000 in luxury goods using Apple Pay and stolen cardsAaron Laws bought stolen credit card information online, then used Apple Pay to make purchases with the information.
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A 33-year-old man in Washington state has been jailed for three years over a massive credit card scam.
Aaron Laws spent more than $600,000 using stolen credit card information and Apple Pay.
Laws was able to make numerous purchases without having a card present thanks to Apple's digital wallet.
A 33-year-old man from Washington state has been jailed for three years and ordered to pay back more than $600,000 for items bought using stolen credit card information and Apple Pay.
As reported by MarketWatch, Aaron Laws bought the details of more than 500 stolen credit cards on the dark web, and then loaded them onto digital wallets including Apple Pay, enabling him to spend some $600,000 on luxury goods. From the report:
Prosecutors in Washington state said that between February 2017 and December 2018, Aaron Laws, 33, of Atlanta, bought more...
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Thief buys $600,000 in luxury goods using Apple Pay and stolen cards
