Eric Council Jr. from Athens, Alabama, confessed to his role in a scheme involving the unauthorized takeover of the SEC's X ...

An Alabama man has admitted his role in a scheme that involved hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) ...

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The U.S. will release Russian Alexander Vinnik—who ran the BTC-e crypto exchange—in a prisoner swap after Moscow released an ...

An Alabama man is facing up to five years in prison over the January 2024 takeover of the SEC’s social media account on X.

An Alabama man has pled guilty to hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account last year and faces ...

Eric Council faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for his role in a scheme to falsely announce SEC approval ...

Eric Council, Jr. will spend two years in prison for an identity theft scheme that led to a false post by the SEC on X that ...

An Alabama man has admitted to taking part in a January 2024 hack of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission social media ...

Eric Council Jr., from Athens, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud.

An Alabama man has admitted hacking into the US Security and Exchange Commission’s X account using SIM swap fraud to gain access ...