A series of high-profile attacks on the Las Vegas gambling industry in 2023 has now reached its final phase.
Several major casinos have been victims of sophisticated network intrusions. The group responsible was Scattered Spider (Octo Tempest, UNC3944, 0ktapus), which at the time actively used social engineering techniques and accessed internal company systems.
The scope of the attacks was so serious that the investigation was immediately transferred to a joint FBI cyber team in Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Police Department’s cybercrime unit.
After a lengthy investigation, detectives identified a specific suspect.
It turned out he was a minor whose name has not been officially released. After gathering evidence, he turned himself in to the Clark County Juvenile Correctional Facility on September 17, 2025, where he was arrested and placed in pretrial detention.
He faces several charges: three counts of unlawfully obtaining and using personal information about others with intent to cause harm or impersonate those individuals, one count of extortion, a separate charge of conspiracy to commit extortion, and violations of computer-related crimes laws.
The Clark County Prosecutor’s Office deemed the charges serious enough to require transferring the case from juvenile court to adult court.
If the motion is granted, the teenager will be held liable for all charges as an adult defendant, significantly increasing the severity of his potential sentence.
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