Meet the key characters in ‘Veracity: The Bitcoin Kid’
Posted January 27, 2023 11:54 am.
A 17-year-old from Hamilton stole $45 million in bitcoin, back in 2020, marking one of the largest heists of cryptocurrency ever reported.
In the latest documentary from VeraCity, we take a deep dive into how the theft unfolded and speak to those directly invovled, some opening up for the first time since the heist.
Here are the key characters featured in “VeraCity: The Bitcoin Kid:”
Sean Carr
Sean Carr
Sean Carr is in his early 20’s and made a life-altering decision one day back in February of 2020.
To this day, that still haunts him. He was closely involved with the suspect accused of a major crypto heist in which $45M was stolen from a billionaire. He shared his experience going on the run with the suspect for several months.
Josh Jones
Josh Jones
Josh Jones is a bitcoin pioneer becoming one of the earliest investors in the digital currency and is based in Los Angeles, California. He found great success as an early investor, his wealth is estimated to be in the billions.
In 2020, he discovered that someone had hacked his phone and successfully stole $45M worth of crypto currency he was holding.
Det. Samy Tarazi
Detective Samy Tarazi
Detective Samy Tarazi was working with a special investigative team in California which was well known for solving cybercrimes, including crypto theft.
He shares more about his role in helping to crack the case of the largest crypto theft from a single individual in history.
Fūnk-é Joseph
Fūnk-é Joseph
Fūnk-é Joseph is a freelance writer specializing in stories that deal with the video gaming world. His work has been featured in Fanbyte, Vice, GameSpot and several other publications.
He gives insight on how the gaming world can sometimes be a training ground and a recruitment resource for hackers.
Ryk Edelstein
Ryk Edelstein
Ryk Edelstein is President and Lead Analyst for a company he founded called 5-L Technologies based in Montreal.
His company provides data privacy and security solutions to a select client base of investigators, government, law enforcement, security practitioners and professionals. He provides in depth analysis of this crime.
Trisha Paguyo
Trisha Paguyo
Trisha Paguyo is vice-president of institutional sales and trading at Bitbuy, a digital currency platform based in Toronto.
Paguyo knows the ins-and-outs of the crypto world and helps break down how the technology works; why crimes occur and how they can be prevented.
Michael Arbus
Michael Arbus
Michael Arbus, CFA, MBA is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and also leads Canada’s largest digital currency platforms serving as CEO.
He has years of experience in crypto as both a leader and investor helping us break down the technology in layman’s terms.
“VeraCity: The Bitcoin Kid” airs Sunday, January 29th at 10 p.m. EST, only on Citytv.
