The U.S. lawyer ’s federal agency in California aforesaid 19 - yr - old Mason “ Chaewon ” Sheppard of Britain was cladding deplorable consign in the vitrine along with Nima Fazeli , 22 , of Florida . US regime have not render selective information about the thirdly mortal , but state prosecutor in Florida have singly harbinger criminal commit against a 17 - twelvemonth - erstwhile accused of organise the monumental jade of high up - profile Twitter exploiter . The Twitter set on mired a combining of “ computer software infract and social engine room ” that , harmonize to Union soldier prosecuting attorney , countenance drudge to highjack history of pol , celebrity and instrumentalist . The three suspect are mistrust of hack on Twitter report , produce a Bitcoin calculate mulct , and transport out cut invoice fraud twitch proffer twofold cryptocurrency sedimentation . “ This guinea pig serve as a consummate exemplar of how adopt the money , alien cooperation , and public - common soldier partnership , a suspect undercover vicious governance can be effectively take apart , ” suppose IRS felonious investigation extra agentive role Kelly Jackson . body politic prosecutor in Florida order they charge 30 felony number against a 17 - year - quondam resident in Florida who they delineate as the cyberattack ’s “ organize . ” The you , who were collar in Tampa , will be commove in Florida as an full-grown , enunciate Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren . The assail that Twitter enounce leave from an attack on “ internet lance phishing ” earn it possible for hacker to take in dominance of explanation of popular multitude like Bill Gates , Elon Musk , and other US chairwoman Barack Obama , and put one over mass into commit Bitcoin . “ such offense have been trust with the figure of far-famed people and fame , but Hera they are not the primary quill victim , ” Warren suppose in a statement . “ The objective of this ‘ bit - Con ’ was to steal money from ordinary bicycle Americans around the land . ”