CASE #2023-UK-CR-8812United Kingdom / Crown Court•COURT: Southwark Crown Court, London

R v. Arion Kurtaj & Youth Defendant (Lapsus$ Cyber Syndicate Prosecution)

CASE SUMMARY & JUDICIAL SCOPE

High-profile criminal trial convicting key members of the teenage extortion collective Lapsus$ for brazen breaches of Rockstar Games, Uber, Nvidia, Microsoft, and British Telecom.

Demonstrated how low-barrier social engineering, SIM swapping, and Amazon Firestick streaming devices in hotel rooms were weaponized to steal GTA VI source code and infiltrate high-security enterprise Slack channels.

INDICTED CHARGES & STATUTORY VIOLATIONS

[1]Computer Misuse Act 1990 (Section 1, 3, and 3A)
[2]Blackmail (Theft Act 1968 Section 21)
[3]Fraud by False Representation (Fraud Act 2006)

VERIFIED PROVENANCE TRAIL1 INDEPENDENT ATTESTATIONS

“Evidentiary provenance supporting indictment counts and state attribution.”

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City of London Police Evidence Repository

Jury verdict finding Kurtaj guilty on all counts; indefinite hospital detention order imposed under Mental Health Act.

JUDICIAL OUTCOME / STATUS

Defendant Arion Kurtaj sentenced to indefinite secure hospital order; accomplice sentenced to 18-month youth rehabilitation order.

DOSSIER METADATA

STATUS

convicted

PROSECUTING AUTHORITY

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) & City of London Police

NAMED DEFENDANTS

• Arion Kurtaj (Lapsus$ Core Member)
• 17-Year-Old Co-Defendant (Identity Protected)

FILING DATE

2022-04-10

INCIDENT EPOCH

2021-2022