Overview

• Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger also imposed three years of supervised release and ordered forfeiture of roughly $4.8 million in assets, including cryptocurrency.
• The 120-month term exceeded prosecutors’ request for an eight‑year sentence, according to local and investigative reporting.
• Urban pleaded guilty on April 4, 2025, in parallel Florida and California cases to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
• Court records describe SIM‑swapping and SMS phishing campaigns that stole cryptocurrency from at least 59 victims and leveraged access to more than 130 companies, with total losses exceeding $13 million.
• A federal transcript details that during the case a related actor tricked a contractor into resetting a magistrate judge’s email password, while other defendants linked to the conspiracy remain under prosecution, including one extradited from Spain.