A 30-year-old man said he was drugged after visiting a New York City gay bar, days before suspects of a citywide drug-induced robbery scheme were arrested.
connections, and thieves have found a way in they re stealing your passcode. it s so sinister. it s so sinister but also so simple so they go to places where people are vulnerable drunk, people are vulnerable, they re drunk, they re having a good time. reporter: joanna stern covers tech for the wall street journal. she s done a series of reports exposing a new crime wave, phones being ripped off at bars leading to tens of thousands of dollars stolen and apple accounts locked. i was blown away by how many people i heard from that have been to different cities across the u.s. reporter: nbc s digital team also helped uncover a ring of thieves allegedly targeting gay bars in manhattan. victims are drugged, their phones stolen. two men, john umberger and julio ramirez, overdosed and died three suspects are charged with murder. taylor says he too was drugged and a victim of theft waking up after a night out and realizing his phone was gone i immediately got up, went to ch
manhattan. victims are drugged, their phones stolen. two men, john umberger and hul yellow ramirez overdosed and died. three suspects are charged with murder. waking up after a night out and realizing his phone was gone. i immediately got up, went to check my computer to see what was going on, had about 20 to 25 fraud alert e-mails. reporter: he said the thieves changed his apple i.d. password, locked him out and then went on a shopping spree. they added my credit cards to apple pay, which i had not previously used and then they went around new york city using my phone as a credit card. reporter: he would get roughly $15,000 back, but what he couldn t get restored was his apple account. i never received my information back. reporter: we re talking about personal photos, contacts. all of the above. reporter: in a statement, apple says we take all attacks on our users very seriously no matter how rare, we work