AHMED Hossam Eldin Elbadawy, a 24-year-old Texas man described as an early member of the Scattered Spider subset of The Com, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Court records show that he entered the plea exactly one year before prosecutors publicly disclosed it. The disclosure came after prosecutors filed an order of forfeiture seeking proceeds linked to his criminal activity.
Elbadawy was allegedly part of an aggressive group involved in extortion attacks from at least 2021 to 2023, alongside Noah Michael Urban and Tyler Robert Buchanan. Urban, from Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in prison last year, while Buchanan, a Scottish national, pleaded guilty to multiple cybercrime charges in April and is awaiting sentencing. The supplied report does not provide further details about the attacks, victims, the amount prosecutors are seeking through forfeiture, or Elbadawy’s sentencing date.