Security News > 2020 > August > National Crime Agency says Brit teen accused of Twitter hack has not been arrested

The British teenager accused of being part of the gang that hacked Twitter and posted a cryptocurrency scam from various US celebrities' accounts has not yet been arrested.

Mason Sheppard, a 19-year-old of Bognor Regis in the English county of West Sussex, has been visited by the National Crime Agency but no arrests have been made on this side of the Atlantic.

A National Crime Agency spokeswoman told The Register: "The Agency has supported the US investigation and on Friday 31 July officers from the NCA and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit searched a property in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. We remain in continued liaison with the US authorities."

El Reg understands no arrests have been made by the NCA. In an affidavit against Sheppard published online by the US Department of Justice, it is said that "Chaewon" had "Discussed turning themselves in to law enforcement after the Twitter hack became publicly known".

Sheppard stands accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, computer intrusion and money laundering, all US federal offences.

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