America's Most Wanted Cyber Fugitive Explains How He Stole Millions | Brett Johnson
Source: YouTube · Danny Jones · published Apr 25, 2022 · 3:08:54
Brett Johnson, recognized as the first cyber criminal on the Secret Service's Most Wanted list, details how a traumatic childhood defined by abuse and criminal influence led him into a life of fraud 0:08.
Key Takeaways:
• Johnson began his life of crime at age 10 when his mother taught him to shoplift, eventually forming an intergenerational ring with his grandmother that was caught at a JCPenney 8:19 11:55.
• He describes a chaotic upbringing with a manipulative mother who staged "poltergeist" seances and a father who attempted failed criminal schemes like drug trafficking 2:42 39:39.
• At 15, Johnson brutally assaulted a stranger in a hospital elevator after learning his father would not take him in, resulting in a period of solitary confinement 25:22.
• His transition to cybercrime began in the late 90s when he was inspired by an Inside Edition report on Beanie Babies to commit fraud on eBay 42:13.
Johnson reflects that while his background makes for an interesting story, living it required lying to everyone and hurting countless people.
Sources:
- 0:08 Introduction as the first cyber criminal on the Secret Service Most Wanted list.
- 8:19 The start of his life of crime and mother's involvement.
- 11:55 Getting caught at JCPenney with the family shoplifting ring.
- 25:22 Assaulting a woman in the elevator at age 15.
- 42:13(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nxvj3cvs4s&t=253
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I'm going to butcher this maybe you can fix it but you're basically the secret Services Most Wanted cyber criminal in the history of the United States it's my understanding that I was the first if you want to call it hacker but first cyber criminal that made the United States most wanted list it's my understanding at least the Secret Service most wanted list okay okay so how did you get into this world especially coming from Alabama of all places well I'm from Kentucky I'm just I'm residing in Alabama right now okay okay so how do I get into it um man that's that's an interesting that's an interesting discussion there I what was your child was your childhood it's childhood I and I I talk about it extensively on my on my show and everything else but my life of crime begins when I was 10 yea…