Notorious Music Leaker, King Bob, Indicted On Federal Charges For Stealing $800k In Crypto
A recent indictment reveals how Noah Michael Urban, a 19-year-old from Palm Coast, is alleged to have stolen a total of $800,000 from five distinct victims. Urban, who is also known by various pseudonyms including “King Bob,” has been widely shared on social media, with thousands of users posting his mugshot and identifying him as a notorious music ‘leaker.’ He is known for posting unreleased music from various artists under the social media username King Bob. A large number of X users have linked Urban to leaked tracks from Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, and Ariana Grande. However, at present, Urban does not face any charges related to music theft. Urban, who uses several other aliases besides King Bob (‘Sosa,’ ‘Elijah,’ and ‘Anthony Ramirez’), was arrested on Tuesday. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office booked him, according to jail logs, and he was charged with being a fugitive from justice.
On Thursday, he was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, eight counts of wire fraud, and five counts of aggravated identity theft. Aggravated identity theft differs from regular identity theft in that it involves the accused stealing someone’s identity and then using that information to commit another crime.
The United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida suggests that the fraud may have started earlier, but Urban’s alleged crimes were committed from at least August 2022 to March 2023. He is charged with both actual fraud and conspiring to continue to defraud victims.
The indictment charges Urban with wire fraud conspiracy because he attempted to “obtain personally identifying information” from additional victims and use it to access their cryptocurrency exchange accounts. The document also mentions that Urban had co-conspirators.
The indictment states that Urban defrauded his victims “by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.” It also outlines each of the eight counts of wire fraud that Urban faces and how he used “wire communication” to carry out his “scheme and artifice.”