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**Title:** The Rise and Fall of Clark, a Teenage Cyber Scammer
**Summary:**
* Clark, a teenager from Florida, escaped family problems by playing Minecraft, where he developed an explosive temperament.
* At 15, Clark began scamming Minecraft players, selling fake in-game items, and later expanded to Fortnite and cryptocurrency scams.
* He earned ~$5,000/month, accumulating over $1.8 million by age 17, and lived a luxurious lifestyle.
* Clark's scams escalated to hacking high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Bill Gates, Apple, Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Joe Biden.
* The FBI arrested Clark (and two others) on charges of organized fraud, communications fraud, identity theft, and piracy.
* Clark received a 3-year sentence, serving as a cautionary tale about trusting others on the internet.
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**Personal Life**
1. Clark's mother, Emilia Clarke, is a Russian immigrant.
2. Clark's father lived in Indiana since Clark was 10 years old.
3. Clark's parents divorced when he was 7 years old.
4. Clark studied online due to not attending traditional school.
**Minecraft and Early Scams**
5. Clark had a Premium Minecraft account named "Open".
6. He created a YouTube channel to share his Minecraft gameplay.
7. Clark scammed people by selling fake Minecraft usernames and items.
8. One victim, Kolbi, lost $50 to Clark in 2016 in a digital cape scam.
**Escalation of Scams**
9. Clark's scams expanded to Fortnite and then cryptocurrencies.
10. He joined bitcoin communities but was expelled for not paying promised bitcoins.
11. Clark scammed several users with false transfers, obtaining contacts from large cyber pirates.
**Major Heists and Consequences**
12. Clark hacked a cryptocurrency investor, Greg Bennett, stealing 164 bitcoins (~$856,000).
13. This amount is equivalent to ~$1.8 million today.
14. Clark earned over $5,000 monthly from scams, totaling over 100,000 Mexican pesos.
15. He used this money to live a luxurious life, including a condo in Tampa and a white BMW 3 series.
16. The US Secret Service investigated Clark and confiscated his bitcoins in April.
17. 100 out of 164 stolen bitcoins were recovered, but Clark couldn't be arrested due to being a minor.
**Twitter Hacking and Arrest**
18. Clark hacked powerful Twitter accounts, including Bill Gates, Apple, Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Joe Biden.
19. He faced charges for organized fraud, communications fraud, identity theft, and piracy.
20. Clark was eventually arrested by the FBI along with two others.
21. Clark's sentence is three years in prison.