From Hacking $4.1 Million to Prison | The IRL Money Doubler

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  • čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
  • Today we explore the story of Graham Ivan Clark, the teen responsible for 2020's infamous Twitter hack which made him $117,000 USD, pennies to a teenager, who at the time of his arrest, was found with over $3,000,000 USD.
    The story starts in his early days, where we explore how he stole thousands of dollars from Minecraft players through his CZcams channel under the alias “Open” where he posted hardcore factions trapping montages. Then, how he moved on from that, into stealing millions of dollars in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from tech investors through alleged SIM Swapping attacks which he liked learned about from members on the notorious hacking forum OGUsers.
    Graham was no ghost though and his antics eventually caught up with him in the form of the secret service. He faced a criminal investigation for the theft of over a million dollars, but amazingly prosecutors ended up declining to charge Graham.
    It seems Graham felt like he could get away with anything, as long as he did it before he turned 18, and this is when he got greedy and committed his final scam against Twitter.
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    1:06 Part 1) Minecraft Tricks
    11:49 Part 2) Stealing Millions
    22:48 Part 3) The Twitter Hack
    30:03 Part 4) Arrest and Conviction
    Music:
    Bitcoin Bandit - Sim Swap, Rest provided by Epidemic Sound
    Sources:
    New York Times
    www.dfs.ny.gov/Twitter_Report...
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    I spent 96 hours making this, enjoy!
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  • @CrumbRS
    @CrumbRS  Před 2 lety +2574

    After 6 years, I’m posting my first non-runescape video!
    This still fits the cybercrime theme of my channel, so I’m really excited to see how people react to it.
    I’ve been meaning to do this video for a while now. If it does well, I might make a few more like it between my normal RS content!
    Love you guys.

    • @Devugly
      @Devugly Před 2 lety +17

      Perfect timing i needed something to watch to finish off work today:)

    • @ItsMeObvs
      @ItsMeObvs Před 2 lety +5

      Always love your lay outs and style, makes it a good watch for sure. Keep up the work expanding your random knowledge 😂

    • @tingaling77
      @tingaling77 Před 2 lety +11

      @crumb Doubling money scams will always be runescape-related at its core

    • @MaurieDaNerd
      @MaurieDaNerd Před 2 lety +3

      exciting

    • @vadameee
      @vadameee Před 2 lety +1

      i loved this, i follow other people like someordinarygamers and coffeezilla who do similar stuff to this, i really hope we get to see more!

  • @eversinze
    @eversinze Před 2 lety +2961

    man the legal system is actually ass, this dude for 6 years of his life will potentially comeback to 12m+ dollars, whilst the others who merely sold the usernames are getting 45 years, like damn.

    • @YachtyBurner
      @YachtyBurner Před rokem +30

      @@lulslime1066 ?? wha

    • @YachtyBurner
      @YachtyBurner Před rokem +204

      exactly what I thought, absolute bullshit

    • @lulslime1066
      @lulslime1066 Před rokem +26

      @@YachtyBurner me and him were the ones charged for the robbery but im on the run

    • @AllaboutTheWoodrows
      @AllaboutTheWoodrows Před rokem +135

      @@lulslime1066 if you are on the run stop telling people that 😆 or you giving hints to where you are by ip on your phone

    • @arnold2428
      @arnold2428 Před rokem +92

      Facing up to 45 years ≠ 45 year sentence

  • @itsmattzed
    @itsmattzed Před 2 lety +3192

    Bro i just watched 40 minutes of a documentary without even realizing, you're extremely good at this

    • @CrumbRS
      @CrumbRS  Před 2 lety +189

    • @RSkrub
      @RSkrub Před 2 lety +55

      I agree this is the first video I ever watched by him. And yes this is top notch content.

    • @andrewgibbons137
      @andrewgibbons137 Před 2 lety +9

      Me too lmao. Usually these are like 10-20 but when I found out he was from Tampa, where I'm from I was hooked

    • @gh0stw0lf23
      @gh0stw0lf23 Před 2 lety +16

      Lmfao!! I’m almost 30 minutes in when I read this comment. I was like, no way this video is 40 minutes long. Man has a real talent of keeping people drawn in

    • @InBrad
      @InBrad Před rokem

      What a self entitled thug with related parents get away with crime look like

  • @slouch186
    @slouch186 Před 11 měsíci +101

    i am shocked that Twitter admins had / have so much access to individual user accounts. breaking into a single admin panel should NOT give you the ability to directly hijack any account you want

    • @bendze
      @bendze Před 9 měsíci +10

      And what sort of admins are they falling for a phishing scam? People with high respondibility should know what they are doing.. "should" but don't..

    • @reddesert3521
      @reddesert3521 Před 7 měsíci

      @@bendzeit was likely a diversity hire

    • @YaboiPerky
      @YaboiPerky Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@bendzeif you actually paid attention to the video, it was during the pandemic when people had just recently started working from home. I swear some of yall are just stupid😂

    • @bendze
      @bendze Před 5 měsíci

      @@YaboiPerky 👍

    • @zephyfoxy
      @zephyfoxy Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@YaboiPerky...and? Does working from home suddenly lower one's responsibility to be cautious and wary?

  • @alphaknight1181
    @alphaknight1181 Před 11 měsíci +17

    bro that news lady literally roasted the hell out of me😂😂😂

  • @drgidney8768
    @drgidney8768 Před 2 lety +1752

    Wow. Unbelievable watch Crumb, would LOVE to see tons more of these, gaming related is really cool. 10/10 awesome once again!

    • @CrumbRS
      @CrumbRS  Před 2 lety +77

      Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it! :) Put 96 hours into this one, most time I've ever spent on a video

    • @drgidney8768
      @drgidney8768 Před 2 lety +8

      @@CrumbRS was an awesome turnout, i think you should do more of these, very good commentary kept me interested the entire time

    • @elroddel4682
      @elroddel4682 Před 2 lety

      Calm down simp

    • @quicktrips
      @quicktrips Před 2 lety

      I agree!

    • @aggrocd1985
      @aggrocd1985 Před 2 lety

      That’s literally what we are doing.

  • @Jon-yh2ch
    @Jon-yh2ch Před 2 lety +820

    The fact tahat Graham got 6 years and Mason is facing up to 45 is INSANE to me. I hope for the best for that kid, I could imagine myself in his place.

    • @yakikadafi745
      @yakikadafi745 Před rokem

      well maybe before you do a crime look up the time it will give you in your state and if its worth it to you do it but hes a stupid kid why should he get a pass when we give to many passes for scammers and thiefs me when i was 18 i was facing 5 years in prison you know what i did? i fucking stood my ground and told my state no while not saying shit and won a free man he probably talked to much hes self snitching if you hangout with fools like him youre gonna get caught its really that simple i only made it cause i know how to play the courts they dont know how to play me

    • @MrMinecraft1445
      @MrMinecraft1445 Před rokem +8

      imagine how long that appeal is going to take smh

    • @bigbrudderrrr4135
      @bigbrudderrrr4135 Před rokem +37

      hes definitely not even doing 20 lol

    • @TheCannibull
      @TheCannibull Před rokem +45

      graham probably gave the feds lots of valuable info to get such a good plea deal

    • @Renwoxing13
      @Renwoxing13 Před rokem +10

      I feel sorry for the father of Mason !
      You just know that a significant percentage of the time a parent names their boy Mason, they really hope their boy succeeds in life & grows up to join the fraternity & become a big mover & shaker in his city, if not the world !

  • @TaylorBailey-sc5lo
    @TaylorBailey-sc5lo Před rokem +56

    This was incredibly produced and fantastic story-telling. So glad I stumbled across this.

  • @69clamhunter69
    @69clamhunter69 Před rokem +3

    Loving this new content from you crumb! love all the content from you but its good to see you going into different areas. Alot of runescape creators are afraid to branch out good on ya!! Keep up the good work i could see you expanding alot from this content!! :D

  • @clownworld4655
    @clownworld4655 Před rokem +298

    I’m genuinely impressed (not from a moral standpoint) he did all that wild bs before even being 18. An absolute menace to society would be very interesting to interview him

    • @theairaccumulator7144
      @theairaccumulator7144 Před rokem +31

      It's not hard, just gotta be born rich and get involved with the wrong crowds.

    • @clownworld4655
      @clownworld4655 Před rokem

      @@theairaccumulator7144 go take your stupidity somewhere else

    • @TheAoalec14
      @TheAoalec14 Před rokem

      Lol menace to society?? This wimp could never scam people IRL..he’s gonna be “donating” honey buns and his body for protection in prison

    • @gypsonny2
      @gypsonny2 Před rokem +22

      He is no doubt a psychopath

    • @thisperson2517
      @thisperson2517 Před rokem +25

      @@theairaccumulator7144 No, you just gotta be terminally online and have no form of social life

  • @fjallabrjotur
    @fjallabrjotur Před 2 lety +644

    I remember seeing this live on Twitter when he used basically every large account on Twitter to post his Bitcoin address. I couldn't stop laughing for about the 30 min it was happening. People were even in the comments saying they sent the Bitcoin and was asking for when they will recieve their Bitcoin back. They fell for the classic RuneScape scam of "send me gold and I'll double it and send it back to you".

    • @tie7626
      @tie7626 Před rokem +17

      You’re really good at unconsciously stealing bits and pieces of things that you’ve seen in media before

    • @grantbishop1961
      @grantbishop1961 Před rokem

      That's what Biden did with America 40Billion to Ukraine. They disseminated the money among the Democrats hence why Nancy Pelosi and other top demonrats went to visit Zelensky in Ukraine.
      Government are the best scammers, this kid should join the CIA he would fit in well.

    • @tie7626
      @tie7626 Před rokem +3

      @@JRuthless719-Mula what does that mean

    • @operationd--msday
      @operationd--msday Před rokem

      @@tie7626 ???

    • @TFrills
      @TFrills Před rokem +1

      It's not funny.

  • @electroash4233
    @electroash4233 Před rokem +15

    Good job on the work bro. You're really taking something as simple as playing something as simple as Minecraft and showing us the consequences of going down the wrong path. Keep up the good work!

    • @jamesmlawanda8025
      @jamesmlawanda8025 Před rokem +1

      He made 12m for crying out loud, no one in my family lineage has ever had that much , I would do the same in an instant

    • @electroash4233
      @electroash4233 Před rokem +1

      @@jamesmlawanda8025 he also ruined his future

    • @DarknessWithinYou
      @DarknessWithinYou Před 9 měsíci

      @@electroash4233 yeah by getting caught

  • @MarcCampbell-sv3yd
    @MarcCampbell-sv3yd Před 7 měsíci +1

    Very well done video. Very impressed. Second video I have seen of yours and both of them are so impressive.

  • @Hamitwow
    @Hamitwow Před 2 lety +2865

    This was honestly heartbreaking for me to see how badly Chaewon got screwed. Just a kid out of high school, still feels like a young 16 year old even tho he is 19, just online finding ways to make money and was just middleman selling and doesn't realize what the people he was "working" with were doing, and gets up to 45 years? That's so sad and tragic man.

    • @CrumbRS
      @CrumbRS  Před 2 lety +519

      Very tragic if they hit him with the book, at 19, adult life hasn't even really started

    • @valinor5397
      @valinor5397 Před 2 lety

      He deserves it. No sympathy.

    • @dondiabolic2810
      @dondiabolic2810 Před 2 lety +170

      Hope the UK never extradite him.. especially with that Sacoolas incident still unresolved...

    • @CrumbRS
      @CrumbRS  Před 2 lety +159

      @@Patty-P we're taking about Mason Sheppard here, not Graham

    • @Patty-P
      @Patty-P Před 2 lety +146

      @@CrumbRS yea I caught that right after typing, whoops.
      I still don’t believe he didn’t know what was going on. Impressionable sure, but even w/ the air of community he has around him, you don’t get involved in circles like that without at least an idea of the wrongdoing.
      I doubt he will get 45 years, and he shouldn’t

  • @hobojoe4910
    @hobojoe4910 Před rokem +1674

    I legitimately feel bad for Mason.
    He was clearly unaware of the full situation and never knew what was actually happening.
    They are considering EXTRADITING him and locking him up for 45 YEARS.
    All because someone manipulated him on discord.
    While the person who did it gets 6 years.
    At MOST he should get 1 year in a prison within the UK.
    I however hope that all charges against him are dropped even though its unlikely.

    • @Red4score
      @Red4score Před rokem +185

      No they should be kind and send him to Norway or Denmark they treat their prisoners like humans.

    • @ballsballs6255
      @ballsballs6255 Před rokem +53

      @@Red4score best ending probably

    • @Red4score
      @Red4score Před rokem +75

      @@ballsballs6255 best possible worst ending

    • @Nickel_Eye
      @Nickel_Eye Před rokem +50

      out of the loop here, why tf is he being sent to America to face jail there? isn’t he a British citizen? how is this legal?

    • @hobojoe4910
      @hobojoe4910 Před rokem

      @@Nickel_Eye
      The US and the UK have a little something called an "extradition agreement".
      So essentially if the UK wants to arrest a criminal in the US the US will arrest that criminal and send them to the UK and vice versa.
      Due to the US being one of the most bloodthirsty countries when it comes to locking up criminals this leads to people like Julian Assange or Mason being sent to the US to serve lengthy sentences.
      This is downright unethical but the UK cannot do anything about it due to this "extradition agreement.

  • @ronswanson3124
    @ronswanson3124 Před 11 měsíci

    please make more of these videos!...i remember all these stories but never followed up on them keep up the great work

  • @TheDuckumz
    @TheDuckumz Před 2 lety +330

    Blows my mind they let him walk with a couple million of stolen money and shortly after hes like "Nah, thats not enough i need more" Like WTF man, i would have straight disappeared into thin air with that much... 🤣

    • @justinwebber8885
      @justinwebber8885 Před 2 lety

      for real lol, cucked himself for 115k. at least he won’t be able to sell his btc so it’ll be worth a dumb amount by time he gets out.

    • @leoq5654
      @leoq5654 Před 2 lety +68

      It was prob more of the rush and personal achievement when ur doing fraud like that than it was ab the money value

    • @ron87.
      @ron87. Před 2 lety +5

      Right? I would've disappeared too lol

    • @pokeman5000
      @pokeman5000 Před 2 lety +54

      Once you have the money it stops being about the money.

    • @aggrocd1985
      @aggrocd1985 Před 2 lety +2

      It’s called passion.

  • @ScuffeeScapes
    @ScuffeeScapes Před 2 lety +136

    Not one to comment on videos, but the quality of this is unreal. Brilliant video, you can see the professionalism oozing from this

  • @TigersandBearsOhMy
    @TigersandBearsOhMy Před rokem +4

    Thinking that kid is going to be "rehabilitated," especially after allowing him to keep so much of his scammed money, is a hilariously unrealistic notion.

    • @florenbaron7111
      @florenbaron7111 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Exactly. The justice system failed. That money should all go towards the victims, etc.

  • @SchoolBusRuss
    @SchoolBusRuss Před 10 měsíci

    Love astlas, was super surprised and happy to hear his music in this video! Super well edited and formated as well. Great video!

  • @baselsaber4276
    @baselsaber4276 Před 2 lety +15

    32:41
    Bruh Egyptian music appears at the most random places lmao

  • @tryrespect597
    @tryrespect597 Před 2 lety +974

    Kid got 45 years for being 19 years old and helping out in a very small part of the “hack” and this dude gets 6 years and gets to walk out with a GED and be able to live life again. What fucked up our laws we have nice (I never said the kid is 100% getting 45 years. And the point of this comment is that the kid who constructed all of it, is getting less time and still getting the chance to walk away with no felonies and a ged while the other kids life’s are ruined forever)

    • @aggrocd1985
      @aggrocd1985 Před 2 lety +64

      I’m sure that was his plan.

    • @manmadeaids
      @manmadeaids Před 2 lety +51

      If he is in gen pop he is probably getting extorted for protection money. He can afford it though apparently. I hope he gets his shit pushed in.

    • @gokushkameha-ha-ha9344
      @gokushkameha-ha-ha9344 Před 2 lety +60

      You should see what's happening with cain Velasquez, denied bail, and some guy in California had a 500k Bond for shooting 20 people in a crowd lol

    • @tryrespect597
      @tryrespect597 Před 2 lety +8

      @@aggrocd1985 just saying it’s messed up how backwards our laws are

    • @stuart3712
      @stuart3712 Před 2 lety +12

      @@tryrespect597 Agreed. I think when you break the law, you serve that time regardless of reasons or age, you do the crime, you serve the time. When he gets out, he will do it again.

  • @hossamgebeily
    @hossamgebeily Před rokem +1

    This is a second one of your video I’m watching. I just subscribed. Well done bro. Keep it up!

    • @CrumbRS
      @CrumbRS  Před rokem +1

      I appreciate the kind words :)

  • @mattbob1995
    @mattbob1995 Před 3 měsíci

    your channel is brilliant! you deserve a million subs this year. cheers

  • @FatOlli
    @FatOlli Před 2 lety +807

    This is sooooo wild I knew this dude, I used to watch Open play hardcore factions YEARS ago. I was heavily into hardcore factions and ended up playing on most of the servers he was on like Fuze and even his own at one point I think.

    • @volatire4326
      @volatire4326 Před 2 lety +18

      same bro

    • @postcodefn1893
      @postcodefn1893 Před 2 lety +5

      Thas crazy

    • @alexjones1017
      @alexjones1017 Před 2 lety +54

      Makes sense.. PVP and factions (especially hardcore) was so toxic. I was laughing at the rap roasts because they were so common, so was ddossing servers, players… IP loggers and sending shit over Skype.. man glad I left that

    • @volatire4326
      @volatire4326 Před 2 lety +18

      @@alexjones1017 after kohi it wasn't the same

    • @iitry5482
      @iitry5482 Před 2 lety +11

      @@alexjones1017 yeah shit was gnarly such a weird nieche when I look back now in all the little things u get into on hcf bro shit was crazy tbh

  • @TivonteW
    @TivonteW Před rokem +13

    no way this is 37 minutes i didn't realize, I got lost in it, you're good at telling stories and keeping the viewer watching.

  • @user-wp2zq7yk2q
    @user-wp2zq7yk2q Před 7 měsíci +1

    Wow this video was very well made…great job

  • @SteBradburyDesign
    @SteBradburyDesign Před rokem +747

    Moral of the story… steal millions of dollars, serve a little bit of time, then get released back into society with those millions of dollars still in your bank account. Sounds about right 😅 how the fuck did they not take that obviously stolen money from him, what a joke

    • @einooko3142
      @einooko3142 Před rokem +96

      They probably knew it was stolen but due to lack of evidence what can they do :| but this chaewon dude got robbed for his life ngl

    • @daMillenialTrucker
      @daMillenialTrucker Před rokem +94

      Dudes gonna get back out and reak havoc with those millions too. We're gonna hear about this kid one day, just watch.

    • @XyamaProductions
      @XyamaProductions Před rokem +38

      @@daMillenialTrucker wouldn't be surprised if I hear about him again in the next 6 - 10 years

    • @GlorifiedGremlin
      @GlorifiedGremlin Před rokem +6

      Because it WASNT obvious, not enough to prove it

    • @scoopet
      @scoopet Před rokem +20

      doesnt sound too bad to me lol
      he probably has another few hundered BTC hidden in other wallets, i doubt they have even touched the surface

  • @stratkiller2531
    @stratkiller2531 Před 2 lety +126

    "they've achieved justice" but we will let him keep the millions of dollars. man that's some justice.

    • @sithpilled1355
      @sithpilled1355 Před 2 lety

      he deserved it he was smarter than others totally fair

    • @stuart3712
      @stuart3712 Před 2 lety +35

      Whats ironic, you embezzle from a job you have, use that money and buy a business of your own and then make 20mil and then when you are caught, you lose everything you made and gained. This kid, he gets to keep the gains on his wallets from the money he stole that gave him the gains.

    • @stevendude565
      @stevendude565 Před 2 lety

      @@stuart3712 I love joe dirt, he’s spitting facts rn

    • @smokeyson1887
      @smokeyson1887 Před 2 lety +1

      @@stuart3712 isn’t impossible for them to get his money if he has it in a wallet somewhere or even a hard ware wallet.

    • @carlost856
      @carlost856 Před 2 lety +1

      @@smokeyson1887 It's even easier then as they can just seize it.

  • @funnyvidstoday101
    @funnyvidstoday101 Před 10 měsíci

    good job on the video editing, i enjoyed this

  • @garudagerwalk
    @garudagerwalk Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you for keeping me entertained at work!

  • @deathbox6944
    @deathbox6944 Před rokem +3

    Love your docuseries can't believe a fellow scaper is so talented

  • @jajord01
    @jajord01 Před 2 lety +1046

    It breaks my heart that those other two that got set up serve a longer sentence than Graham does

    • @alberthofmann487
      @alberthofmann487 Před 2 lety +113

      They literally wanted to hire a hit man over stolen money

    • @aggrocd1985
      @aggrocd1985 Před 2 lety +16

      Hitman…hello

    • @ageofjesus8796
      @ageofjesus8796 Před 2 lety +32

      Put some glue on your heart.

    • @stuart3712
      @stuart3712 Před 2 lety +53

      Thats how the broken law works. The most guilty gets off easy. I would not be opposed to bringing back executions and having graham as the first victim. Once evil, always evil.

    • @nssupremacy_4281
      @nssupremacy_4281 Před 2 lety +2

      @@stuart3712 best solution is sometimes the hardest choice

  • @xtryptaminex2148
    @xtryptaminex2148 Před 2 lety +77

    This video felt exactly like a full fledged documentary, you did such a good job!

  • @UnwantedCommentary
    @UnwantedCommentary Před rokem

    Great video! Super interesting topic! Fascinating that you went so deep in on this guy's history when most people would just be done at the Twitter headline.

  • @13REW
    @13REW Před rokem +1

    Mate this channel is ridiculous I'm disappointed that CZcams ain't recommended this sooner but I guess good things come to those who wait keep smashing it 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻

    • @6z0
      @6z0 Před rokem

      You watch sunnyv2?

  • @mechanicallycreative9788
    @mechanicallycreative9788 Před rokem +689

    Letting people off with serious charges isn't giving them a second chance, it's helping them to continue their behavior.

    • @juodagalvesniegena714
      @juodagalvesniegena714 Před rokem

      no it's stupid to give these guys 210 years,maybe not Graham because he actually didn't hack anything,he just scammed,but actually good teen hackers should be given 6 years probation and a choice 200 more years or to work for security services.
      Russia and China does this,you will never hear of a Russian kid going to jail over this(Russia actually has a law where max sentence is 20 years unless you killed or raped someone,then it's till death),they all end up working for the gov,they don't even jail these hackers in China,they work with them,why does America waste these kids lives if they can reeducate them and give them a good future and a career? Majority of hackers aren't even hacking for money,they are just curious.
      Americans don't realize that their jail system is the most oppressive,for instance a Russian fsb secret service gave nuclear data to MI6 and served 6 years and was traded and lives in London now.This guy gave away secret nuclear reaction data that endangered all the world and got 6 years. Assange for releasing US soldier secret videotapes gets 300 years. In Russia same activist who admitted for getting 200 bitcoin from the western secret services got 12 years and probably will be released early for good behavior.Spies and criminals in Russia get max 12 years,a basic scammer in America 200.

    • @emeraldxo
      @emeraldxo Před rokem +9

      They wouldn’t have changed.

    • @Davinhomx
      @Davinhomx Před rokem +8

      @@emeraldxo but couldn't have done it anymore

    • @davydemaseneer999
      @davydemaseneer999 Před rokem +2

      @@Davinhomx but they can when getting charged... yeah that made 0 sense.

    • @Davinhomx
      @Davinhomx Před rokem

      @@davydemaseneer999 if they are in prison they can't do sh dummy

  • @cyruskhalvati
    @cyruskhalvati Před 2 lety +62

    Random broker: 45 years in prison
    Mastermind: 3 years in prison
    Seems legit.

    • @lilvonfromdao
      @lilvonfromdao Před 2 lety

      “A nih told on me before he got a longer sentence” 🤣🫶

    • @jutsu712
      @jutsu712 Před 2 lety +3

      He snitched on himself and he prolly didn’t have a lawyer when he was blubbering everything

    • @shadagoat4500
      @shadagoat4500 Před 2 lety

      It was 6 i think

    • @CrumbRS
      @CrumbRS  Před 2 lety +3

      @@shadagoat4500 3 years prison, 3 years probation, 6 years total punishment

    • @cyruskhalvati
      @cyruskhalvati Před 2 lety

      @@jutsu712 there must have been a plea deal involved for mr mastermind seeing how low his sentence was.

  • @jackrobboh
    @jackrobboh Před rokem

    First video I've watched, and you've earned my full attention &sub

  • @12Prophet
    @12Prophet Před 3 měsíci +1

    That zoom call was gold. Never change, Internet. Never change.

  • @generalalduin9548
    @generalalduin9548 Před rokem +574

    What I’m angriest about is that they had the power of Twitter at their fingertips and could’ve influenced history, but chose to do a money scam.

    • @longstachkaido240
      @longstachkaido240 Před rokem +1

      sorry but do you not use twitter? they obviously made the right decision because like 99% of twitter is an imbecile

    • @generalalduin9548
      @generalalduin9548 Před rokem +15

      @@longstachkaido240 not really actually, I have a Twitter account but I never use it.

    • @longstachkaido240
      @longstachkaido240 Před rokem +10

      @@generalalduin9548 okay you didn't ask for this but basically if they had helped twitter that would just be the same as giving a homeless crack addict money. wasted effort

    • @CmdrTigerKing
      @CmdrTigerKing Před rokem +8

      But they did influence history...

    • @generalalduin9548
      @generalalduin9548 Před rokem +30

      @@CmdrTigerKing they could've caused ww3 goddammit

  • @kishorgartaula1446
    @kishorgartaula1446 Před rokem +8

    This is so well done crumb. Like damn! With the pace it started, I thought it was just some random minecraft hacker kid's documentary with a misleading title; but oh behold am I blown away! Looking forward to more such in-depth content from your end. Well done!

  • @RealLenny
    @RealLenny Před 9 měsíci +1

    what's weird to me is that when I was way younger, I was a manager of a reasonably large account cracking server. I made a copy of said server with the same template, in case we were nuked (channels, databases, roles all ruined beyond repair)
    some of the admins were in that backup server and, after the owner was exposed for gathering blackmail material against notable server members, they held a riot against him, ending with telling all of the members to join the backup. I slept through all of this and woke up to a 300 member backup server full of people pinging me to change the name of the server and establish rules and stuff.
    I ended up just doing what the previous server did on a smaller and less illegal scale. our dev made RAT (remote access trojan) tools for use on targets, I made marketplaces for trading stolen online accounts and pastes. I didn't make that much money, it sort of just served as a place for other people to sell cracks without fees and report people who charged back or retook accounts.
    scary to think how close I was to falling down the same cybercrime rabbithole. I sort of just poked at it a few times. A petty discord drama could have made me a basement dweller.

  • @Juice83
    @Juice83 Před rokem +6

    Dude, keep doing what you're doing. I've been binge watching your content for the past week! Love it! You are on a SunnyV2 level of story telling!! Don't ever stop, please haha

  • @ragethevictorious3060
    @ragethevictorious3060 Před rokem +69

    Not only is this story completely insane, it was put together and narrated so well. @CRUMB you have a new fan. Keep it up, I'll be tuning in.

  • @stewert
    @stewert Před rokem +263

    Dude I used to play with the people in this video, I’m blown away a scammer I knew back in the day did all this, amazing story telling keep it up!

    • @vnmphire
      @vnmphire Před rokem +3

      rip openhcf

    • @zjoowet4830
      @zjoowet4830 Před rokem +1

      @@vnmphire nah it was viper or arcane

    • @sold8215
      @sold8215 Před rokem +32

      @Clicking1cps faithful's the reason my address got leaked and i got swatted which killed my dog

    • @SunMoon..
      @SunMoon.. Před rokem +13

      @@sold8215 Jesus. Sorry for your loss, man.

    • @BattTube
      @BattTube Před rokem +8

      We knew back then that the factions/hcf/pvp community was toxic and we all loved to fuck with one another, I never thought it would have resulted in toxicity outside of the space. Doxing people was never cool though.

  • @MegaHerpityDerpity
    @MegaHerpityDerpity Před rokem +8

    I watch these types of videos and realize that as a social outcast growing up, I'm glad I never found these groups online and went down the wrong path. Shoutout to AlmostSmart Forums for helping me develop into the adult I am today. Because I could have turned out to be a really fucked up person.

  • @Neon_SilverFox
    @Neon_SilverFox Před rokem +2

    34:20 I absolutely love how that attourney explains what will happen by speaking slowly, clearly, and those second pauses in between his sentences.

  • @kingofcandy1
    @kingofcandy1 Před 2 lety +329

    Just wanna say, it takes some balls to post a video not related to the game you have built a fan base off, AND YOU DID IT SO WELL!!!!. Amazing content. Release as many of these as possible, love love this.

    • @LilAssTonkaTruck
      @LilAssTonkaTruck Před 2 lety

      Takes balls? 🤣🤣 bruh you take this shit way to serious

    • @OKayD3N
      @OKayD3N Před 2 lety +7

      RuneScape is boring

  • @KensteLord
    @KensteLord Před 2 lety +20

    I rarely play OSRS and I almost never comment on CZcams videos, but this was incredible.
    Love your videos brotha, always so informational and well put together. Would love to see more videos similar to this.

  • @pR0ManiacS
    @pR0ManiacS Před 9 měsíci +3

    I wouls never overspent my money like an idiot if it happened to steal that amount.

  • @catjammer
    @catjammer Před 11 měsíci +1

    best videos come from ppl with under 500k i swear. when u blow up don’t let the vid quality down :D

  • @natas2350
    @natas2350 Před 2 lety +446

    All I learned from this video is that the system is broken and little tech thieves can get away with anything they want while others pay dearly for far less
    Pathetic

    • @josefarias111
      @josefarias111 Před 2 lety +41

      Well to be fair they do say "don't say anything without a lawyer present" those other 2 fucked up by speaking to news articles, should've just stayed quiet, not said a single word and then lawyered the fuck up and seen where it went from there. They pretty much gave out their confessions for free, probably didn't even get paid by the news companies for the exclusive, smh.

    • @ougho2842
      @ougho2842 Před rokem +7

      smells like yt privilege

    • @H8Magnet
      @H8Magnet Před rokem +2

      Use an authenticator and don't trust anyone online!!!

    • @Skpzi
      @Skpzi Před rokem +3

      @Lets Play Minecraft maybe because they were also guilty😭 what kind of logic

    • @grantbishop1961
      @grantbishop1961 Před rokem +1

      Like Biden giving Ukraine 40 BILLION dollars. We got scammed by this idiot and Hillary Clinton had people assassinated and stored Government information on private servers in her basement.
      Criminals run the Government they just hate competition.

  • @PME
    @PME Před 2 lety +17

    Awesome to see you getting into this type of content! I love content like JCS - Criminal Psychology, great to see I have new crime content to watch 😁. Also props to the amount of research you have done

  • @user-vn1di4oq4w
    @user-vn1di4oq4w Před 9 měsíci +14

    He only got 10 years...but the restitution is probably gonna follow him for life. Great doc. You should def do more like this

    • @Skywalker-ku3fr
      @Skywalker-ku3fr Před 7 dny

      he’s out rn lol didn’t even get half a decade let alone 10 years

  • @DudetaketheBus
    @DudetaketheBus Před rokem +5

    There goes 40 minutes of my life. Amazing documentary

  • @UltimateBritain
    @UltimateBritain Před rokem +11

    I heard about the twitter hack at the time but not really bothered to follow it beyond that. Stumbled on this and you have a genuine skill here mate, what a really well done little documentary.

  • @QWERTY-qh9po
    @QWERTY-qh9po Před 2 lety +152

    Definitely support non osrs videos like this! Great information and story

    • @bromodz2309
      @bromodz2309 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes agreed Crumb is a great commentator

  • @lxso0x00x
    @lxso0x00x Před 8 měsíci +3

    "I been in the kitchen wrist twisting like a trick shot, most you rappers got no bars like a sim swap" 😭😭🔥🔥🕺

  • @drifterdan1194
    @drifterdan1194 Před 9 měsíci

    A classic case of "F**k around and find out". Excellent 👍

  • @dbrock949
    @dbrock949 Před 2 lety +8

    Man I love your story telling abilities and editing. Such an awesome watch. Thank you!

  • @deskysurfer
    @deskysurfer Před 2 lety +77

    You have a real talent for making investigation compilations and turning them into a coherent story.
    This was a compelling watch and I would absolutely watch more like this.

  • @Spagghet
    @Spagghet Před rokem +3

    Kid is the perfect example of problems that come up from a single parent. Screaming and denying to get what they want. A real life Eric Cartman.

    • @BakaVHS
      @BakaVHS Před rokem

      As if a second, equally shitty parent would somehow make things better.

  • @CheekyBooty
    @CheekyBooty Před rokem +61

    I know this is an old video but for anyone wanting an update on Graham:
    He was just released from a 3 year prison sentence. My best friend is training him to be a bartender at a restaurant in Tampa. It's insane because my friend didn't even know who he was until I told him.
    I'm going to go meet him this weekend 😂

  • @FormulaFanboy
    @FormulaFanboy Před rokem +15

    can we just talk about how incompetent these companies are, with billions of dollars, and a staff and team of dozens of programmers, still do not have enough basic security to stop a _single 17 year old_

    • @cat-le1hf
      @cat-le1hf Před 11 měsíci +4

      we're not paid enough to care

    • @LexlutherVII
      @LexlutherVII Před 9 měsíci +1

      maybe they should hire Hackers for security protection,

    • @zephyfoxy
      @zephyfoxy Před 4 měsíci

      @@LexlutherVII lots of companies do that lol, that's not going to stop successful phishing.

  • @catsnotcops_
    @catsnotcops_ Před 2 lety +13

    what a stunning documentary. this was awesome. also, your conclusion at the end could not be more on point. thank you, this was both very educational and entertaining! :)

  • @yakyakyakperfect
    @yakyakyakperfect Před 11 měsíci

    I discovered this channel 2 days ago and I’m hooked

  • @ShortsMaGeeTV
    @ShortsMaGeeTV Před rokem +1

    Great content bro. I’m a fan.

  • @x321pwned123x
    @x321pwned123x Před 2 lety +8

    Really good job. I love the pace, the research, and the effort into this. The topic does interest me and I love the content. I know this wasn’t as well received as you’d hoped but I don’t think it’s reached the tight crowd just yet. Keep it up.

  • @YOSSARIAN313
    @YOSSARIAN313 Před rokem +13

    Those teenagers became the most powerful people on the internet for a few hours and the best idea they could come up with is a bit coin scam. They really were just children

    • @clownworld4655
      @clownworld4655 Před rokem +1

      Lmao my thoughts exactly 😂 incredibly impressive, they could have literally collapsed the global market or political scene, but instead that’s all they did

    • @eyeswideopen7777
      @eyeswideopen7777 Před rokem +1

      Exactly... They're kids (under brain development) because they got dumb to get caught. If they were smart, they would keep it low key

  • @wale7342
    @wale7342 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Anyone who played mc back in the glory days knows how much of a trip watching something like this is

  • @opax
    @opax Před rokem +109

    Wow that's crazy I used to be in the HCF community and I definitely remember the name Open. Also props, you got everything exactly right regarding how the HCF community was.

    • @nail181
      @nail181 Před rokem +21

      That community was honestly bottom of the barrel. Just filled with a bunch of teenagers who could do whatever they wanted with little to no punishment.

    • @ShiftyRust
      @ShiftyRust Před rokem +3

      Faxxxx bro

    • @servicer6969
      @servicer6969 Před rokem +1

      IMakeMcVids voice changed so much over the years

    • @revengeofthesith.
      @revengeofthesith. Před rokem +2

      @@nail181 that shit was literally the most toxic community in all of gaming lmao

    • @KXXD2
      @KXXD2 Před rokem

      @@nail181 isn’t too bad now

  • @PrinceCharmingNY
    @PrinceCharmingNY Před 2 lety +403

    This was honestly sad asf…
    Sad for the judicial system , cause this was a complete joke .
    Sad for the people who lost there life savings . Smh I hope karma catches up to each and every single person who think they can get away with this type of stuff … ddosing, swatting , booting , phishing etc fucking disgusting 🤮
    Great job crumb , just came across your channel, keep up this great work

    • @blocco973
      @blocco973 Před 2 lety +7

      rich get richer

    • @DjJooze
      @DjJooze Před 2 lety +11

      if he was black or muslim how many years do you think he woulda got ????

    • @RealSavage7
      @RealSavage7 Před 2 lety

      @@DjJooze many many more

    • @chancem.2340
      @chancem.2340 Před 2 lety

      @@DjJooze if he was black i’d hope the max

    • @acryonympasta3679
      @acryonympasta3679 Před 2 lety

      I agree they need to mentally suffer karma would be great

  • @foreverangelxoxo
    @foreverangelxoxo Před rokem

    your videos are so well done i love them. i subscribed im watching the 3rd in a row lol. this is definitely you’re thing :)

  • @joshuasweeney1159
    @joshuasweeney1159 Před rokem

    Seeing the trolling on the court zoom call was honestly the best thing ever

  • @mridontclickbaitftw4366
    @mridontclickbaitftw4366 Před rokem +11

    I like how they're calling him a hacker but he didn't even know how to set up a Minecraft server

    • @ewkrizz1
      @ewkrizz1 Před rokem

      he just was good at managing hackers to do work for him

  • @noahkrause6607
    @noahkrause6607 Před 2 lety +4

    Well done Crumb. This hits close to home and your research was top notch. Looking forward to more cybersecurity documentaries from you!

  • @philipenders4995
    @philipenders4995 Před rokem

    What an amazing video, great work😊

  • @jiaverse
    @jiaverse Před rokem +4

    my jaw dropped at chaewon not a kpop stan being found at the scene of the crime... also i feel so bad for him, it's such unfair levels of punishment compared to the actual hacker

  • @SJohnTrombley
    @SJohnTrombley Před 2 lety +7

    32:28
    "I was just wondering if you're gonna, like, take updog into consideration in the Graham case?"
    I'm dead

  • @killler240
    @killler240 Před 2 lety +45

    6 years, and coming back to around 300 BTC ($12m). Crime doesn't pay everyone let this be a lesson to you all!

    • @shak9558
      @shak9558 Před 2 lety

      Considering how btc is on the way down I wouldn't be surprised if that falls quickly

    • @Auto_Mattic
      @Auto_Mattic Před 2 lety +32

      @Sevection fucken right it's worth it. Ide do 6 years in juvie at 17 Years old. By the time he out he'll be 23 and have 12 million in BTC to do whatever he wants. I envy him, he literally beat the system.

    • @hAvOkCrEw1
      @hAvOkCrEw1 Před 2 lety

      @@Auto_Mattic he needs to move the money and he's on probation for a decade any electrical device he touches is being tracked by the FBI so you all real dumb thinking he's a millionaire lol 😆

    • @hAvOkCrEw1
      @hAvOkCrEw1 Před 2 lety +2

      Any car or anything of value he will need to show proof it was made lagit. FEDS don't play. That's why he sat in jail until he pled guilty

    • @killler240
      @killler240 Před 2 lety

      @@hAvOkCrEw1 you can get away with buying cheaper cars without needing anything. The UK's point is £10k, not sure the US point though

  • @jonah4422
    @jonah4422 Před rokem +2

    I’m the same age as him. Played those same MC HCF/Kitpvp servers, talked to him and those YTers, played w em, might or might not have gotten into scamming and bootin people. It’s a rabbit hole doing that stuff. Stopped after a bit tho, matured, moved on. Crazy to see how he progressed from 14 y/o to now, and how close to doing, or that I was doing the exact same things but we’re vastly differently.

  • @smohhking6578
    @smohhking6578 Před rokem

    as someone who went from minecraft hacking to being in a discord org for social engineering which shortly had the owner spied on then arrested
    the 'I just want free MC accounts' minecraft hacking pipeline to becoming an actual criminal is dangerously easy to step across

  • @Dani-of2zu
    @Dani-of2zu Před rokem +6

    I’m a bit late, but as someone who used to be in the pvp and hcf mc community around 2016, i can say you explained very well how it works, and it was a niche community at the time. So good job and good video!

  • @gageklein
    @gageklein Před 2 lety +74

    This guy should have spent an easy 30 years in jail. He proved that he'd keep doing it.... instead of that he got a free place to live, free education, and millions for his graduation.

    • @rezkillz7409
      @rezkillz7409 Před 2 lety +14

      Quit hating on my nigga

    • @FriendsAndTheirGames
      @FriendsAndTheirGames Před 2 lety +12

      Yea I can't believe he gets to keep the $3 million he prolly won't learn or regret shit 😂

    • @cmoney6128
      @cmoney6128 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rezkillz7409 ong niggas be hating

    • @Zoomin69
      @Zoomin69 Před 2 lety

      Get got 12 mil waiting for him at home. My dawg.

    • @ashtoncarlisle3762
      @ashtoncarlisle3762 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah I think a lot of people would take that deal in a heartbeat, that Bitcoin is going to be worth 20 mil when he gets out

  • @S3topopp
    @S3topopp Před rokem

    Your so good at telling stories bro ❤

  • @_UglyBarnacle
    @_UglyBarnacle Před rokem +1

    i started off uninterested and im about to leave very entertained. well made. happy new years 🤙🎉

  • @user-ee6ng4bb9l
    @user-ee6ng4bb9l Před rokem +4

    Great video crumb, surprised I wasn't already subscribed. I find it interesting to see how much overlap online game scammers have with the real world counterparts.

  • @-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

    This is very well done. I'm glad to see you getting into these genres and doing a brilliant job. Keep em up. This should become your primary focus.

  • @chrisjackson7785
    @chrisjackson7785 Před rokem

    Idky but I didn’t want the vid to end , this was good thankyou I was having a rough boring day and this made me feel that dopamine

    • @CrumbRS
      @CrumbRS  Před rokem +1

      :) this comment gave me dopamine Ty friend

  • @jevgeniybosman9381
    @jevgeniybosman9381 Před měsícem +1

    the fact that a normal person almost never gets the opportunity to earn 12 milion and he only has to spend 6 years for it is crazy imo.

  • @gamerthem5063
    @gamerthem5063 Před rokem +6

    I got sad when it ended XD I really liked it so much,your voice and the information made it easy to listen. I hope you make more of this type! I wish I could add Swedish subtitles to show my mom

  • @wowzanpakutou
    @wowzanpakutou Před 2 lety +7

    30:53 They forgot to charge him for domestic abuse for callin' his girlfriend porky.

  • @Vogurt
    @Vogurt Před rokem

    This video is great. Do more stuff like this for sure. I have 0 ties to runescape, but this found me.

  • @martingutierrez9875
    @martingutierrez9875 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Damn now he’s out rich asf

  • @garytonks5048
    @garytonks5048 Před 2 lety +70

    Dude this was so well done Netflix would have done a mini series on this

    • @stuart3712
      @stuart3712 Před 2 lety +4

      Sure if this kid was worth putting on netflix... 99% of people connecting to the internet doesn't even know this kid or this story exist. We all will forget in a year or less.

    • @rileyxbell
      @rileyxbell Před 2 lety +3

      @@stuart3712 Netflix has done plenty of other documentaries about kids just like this one. Like the one about the kid who made millions selling drugs online from his bedroom in his parents house

    • @pabloescobar4524
      @pabloescobar4524 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rileyxbell how you can sell drugs online is the name. It’s a German series

    • @shoji6169
      @shoji6169 Před rokem +2

      kid doesn’t deserve a series and it’ll only ego boost him

    • @naiku.
      @naiku. Před rokem

      @@rileyxbell you think that was real?

  • @cvdheyden
    @cvdheyden Před rokem +10

    This is a very well made documentary. Well done! Keep up the good work.

  • @landonsmith8096
    @landonsmith8096 Před rokem

    I love how back in the Minecraft section, whenever he yelled, it was always in a whisper. Someone didn't want to wake up their parents lol

  • @Taliaher3
    @Taliaher3 Před rokem +1

    Wow! Amazing job!
    And what a story!
    He got off so easy.

  • @OhMyCarnage
    @OhMyCarnage Před 2 lety +6

    As an osrs and former hcf player, this was a great watch, There’s still a lot of people into scamming in the HCF community to this day it’s extremely toxic