Matthew Ho, a citizen of Singapore, allegedly used the developer s stolen identity and credit-card information to open multiple cloud accounts at Amazon Web Services. He then proceeded to use the computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and Bitcoin. Ho was arrested on Sept. 26 in Singapore and he will be extradited to be tried in the Western District of Washington State. The indictment features 14 counts of wrongdoing including accusations of wire fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. The value of Bitcoin and Ether plummeted after hitting record highs at the end of 2017 ($20,000 per BTC)
Source: https://threatpost.com/cryptomining-crook-steals-game-developers-identity/149099/