The FBI collects location data as evidence for the Capitol attack investigation, an arrest over an iPhone viral video, an armed robbery of a Boost Mobile store, and more in this week s Apple Crime Blotter.
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AppleInsider series, looking at news from the world of Apple-related crime.
Capitol insurrection participants could be caught from iPhone and smartphone data
When hundreds of people stormed the U.S. Capitol during the counting of the 2020 electoral votes, one thing was very noticeable: Many of them were holding up iPhones.
In the days that followed the January 8 capitol attack, it was clear that iPhones would be playing a big part in the arrests and eventual prosecutions of some participants. Many of those who took part in the insurrection not only shot and streamed footage, but they were glimpsed on the cameras of photos and videos shot by others, sometimes in the act of committing crimes.
Men accused of using SBA loans for Apple purchases, pardons for Apple-related offenders, and iCloud leads to charges against the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation in this week s Apple Crime Blotter.
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Men charged with using disaster funds to buy iPhones
Two Massachusetts men have been brought up on federal charges alleging they fraudulently obtained disaster loans from the Small Business Administration for a scheme that involved buying large numbers of iPhones for resale.
According to the Department of Justice press release, the two 24-year-olds have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for the alleged scheme to use stolen identity information of United States citizens to apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans. The funds were allegedly used to open bogus bank accounts, which the government says the two men
Arrests made in 2019 U.K. Apple Store thefts, two different Target robberies and assault, and a glitter bomb to catch package thieves in this week s Apple Crime Blotter.
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Journalist s lawsuit accuses Saudi, U.A.E. princes of ordering a hack of her iPhone
An anchor for
Al Jazeera has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of carrying out the hacking of her iPhone, and the dissemination of doctored photos of her.
According to
Bloomberg News, Ghada Oueiss claims that Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the U.A.E. recruited Florida-based U.S. citizens to hack the phone, in retaliation for her reporting on human rights abuses.
in iPhone edited December 2020 Arrests made in 2019 U.K. Apple Store thefts, two different Target robberies and assault, and a glitter bomb to catch package thieves in this week s Apple Crime Blotter.
The Festival Place Apple Store in Basingstoke, in the U.K.
The latest in an occasional
AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime.
Journalist s lawsuit accuses Saudi, U.A.E. princes of ordering a hack of her iPhone
An anchor for
Al Jazeera has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of carrying out the hacking of her iPhone, and the dissemination of doctored photos of her.