SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (WKRC) - Police say a fake Uber driver stole more than $300,000 in cryptocurrency from unsuspecting customers. According to NBC News, 40-year-old Nuruhussein Hussein was apprehended Wednesday after he allegedly stole more than $300,000 in cryptocurrency while posing as an Uber driver.

A man was arrested and booked on theft and fraud charges after pretending to be an Uber driver and stealing cryptocurrency from his victims.

Nuruhussein Hussein is accused of posing as a fake Uber driver outside a Scottsdale hotel and then asking for the victim's phone to transfer $300,000 in crypto to himself.

Police have arrested a fake Uber driver who is accusing of stealing more than $300,000 in cryptocurrency from unwitting passengers.

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Scottsdale police say Nuruhussein Hussein would ask to use a passenger's unlocked phone to transfer cryptocurrency.

A man is accused of several felony charges after he allegedly posed as an Uber driver and then stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency from customers. FOX 10's Nicole Krasean has the details.