A visitor who appeared on the No Jumper podcast to boast about a hack and payback scheme involving his victims’ social media accounts might face federal prices. Idriss Qibaa, also called “Dani” and “Unlocked” who authorities allege ran the social media hacking website Unlocked4Life.com, faces two felony felony counts filed by the US Legal professional’s Workplace in Nevada for allegedly violating interstate communications legal guidelines for threats he issued in textual content messages to 2 victims and members of their households, in response to paperwork obtained by 404 Media.
Investigators filed the sealed criticism in opposition to Qibaa on July 25 and issued a warrant the next Monday when additionally made his first preliminary look in court docket, in response to federal court docket data.
The felony criticism states that the FBI obtained a tip about Qibaa’s alleged extortion scheme on April 1 pointing to an look he made on the No Jumper podcast hosted by Adam22, also called Adam Grandmaison, again in January below his pseudonym “Dani.” Qibaa outlined a monetary scheme utilizing over 200 victims’ social media accounts wherein he would lock them out of their pages and cost them to regain entry.
He additionally boasted that he made about $600,000 a month from his actions and employed two safety guards to comply with him.
“You’re making $2 million a month off your Instagram and Telegraph,” Qibaa says on the podcast. “I come and I take it away and make you pay for it back and I make it public and I post it and I expose you.”
Qibaa even mentioned on the podcast episode that he pulled the scheme on celebrities who unknowingly stored paying him to get their social media again. He later famous “I’m very petty” adopted by a menacing giggle.
“I’ve talked to stars who have told me that they’ve paid to get it back 20 times over and over and over they just have to keep paying to get it back,” Qibaa says, “and I’m like you realize what’s happening to you right like the same that’s getting you it back is…you’re getting extorted.”
The felony criticism tells the story of eight victims’ encounters with Qibaa and his providers. One recognized as “J.T.” operated two Instagram accounts: a hashish information mixture account known as “theblacklistxyz” and a hashish merchandising retailer below “caliplug,” each of that are at the moment set to non-public. J.T. reached out to Qibaa asking if he might get hold of a username. Qibaa quoted a worth again between $4,000-$5,000. J.T. refused to take Qibaa up on the supply and Qibaa responded with threats.
“Qibba told J.T. that J.T. had wasted Qibaa’s time, blocked J.T.’s Instagram pages and demanded $10,000 to reinstate it,” the criticism reads. “J.T. offered Qibaa $8,500 to reinstate the account, an officer Qibaa accepted.”
The criticism asserts that Qibba reached out to J.T. two extra occasions. The primary time, Qibba requested if J.T. would promote his Instagram web page below the username “unlocked4life” that’s since been taken down. J.T. agreed however when he discovered Qibaa had been threatening and extorting different victims, he confronted Qibaa and “Qibaa was irate.”
A number of months later, Qibaa apparently elevated the scope of his threats to J.T. and members of his household. He despatched threats to name the sufferer’s ex-wife’s lawyer and baby protecting providers on his youngsters. Screenshots of the victims’ telephone present Qibaa allegedly figuring out the tackle and telephone variety of the sufferer’s sister. He texted one other member of the family and launched himself as “The guy that’s gonna murder your drug dealer brother. Tell him Unlocked says hi though. We have your entire family’s info.”
One other sufferer recognized as a journalist and comic with the initials “E.H.” discovered they have been a goal of Qibaa’s unlawful providers. Qibaa blocked their Instagram account, the identify of which was redacted, on the request of a dentist in California who handled them. E.H. reached out to the Unlocked4Life account and obtained a reply that learn, “Yo its Idriss.” He then advised E.H. to drag up the No Jumper podcast episode that includes his interview. Qibaa not solely took the sufferer’s Instagram account entry away but additionally threatened to take their Social Safety quantity and “blast it out” in the event that they didn’t pay him $20,000.
In accordance with the criticism, not even restraining orders might make Qibaa depart his victims alone. One named “R.B.” obtained a restraining order from Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom in July however “Unblocked” responded, “Cute restraining order..last I checked you’re still gonna die.” Then “UNLOCKED UNCENSORED” posted on Telegram, “$50,000 reward for whoever sleeps BO this week.”
Maybe essentially the most disturbing threats occurred to a number of victims wherein Qibaa claimed he’d fortunately go to jail if funds weren’t made to him. Screenshots of the textual content chains present a individual named “Dani” and “Daniel” telling his victims, “I will come and shoot you myself,” “I’m going to bury you for this shit” and “D., L., J., T., Children-Main Targets” referring to the victims’ kids.
One other textual content chain exhibits Qibaa allegedly threatening somebody that he would “rather take a life sentence for murdering you then this,” “Idc if I have to shoot you my self [sic]” and “I’ll go to jail happily.” He follows the textual content with the risk “Here’s the last guy that came to take photos / came near my home” and sends three footage of an unidentified bearded man, his automotive and a picture of his badly bruised and bloodied on the bottom.”
Adam22 concluded his podcast interview with “Dani” saying he was “very excited to see the fallout from this” and “I respect the hustle even though I can’t justify it on a moral level.”
