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AT&T store worker gets 16 months inside for SIM-swap side hustle

Former AT&T store worker Kenneth Carter sentenced to 16 months for SIM-swapping customers for cybercriminals.

Kenneth Carter, 44, a former AT&T retail employee in Portland, Oregon, used his internal system access to perform SIM swaps on customers' phone numbers for cybercriminals. The swaps allowed criminals to intercept authentication codes and raid victims' bank accounts. Carter was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison.

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