Person
person:justin_may
Also: Justin, MTW, Person A
Xbox hacker known as MTW who was arrested while attempting to copy a pre-release game at PAX.
Xbox hacker known as MTW who was arrested while attempting to copy a pre-release game at PAX.
“Another new blood showed up on the scene, a twenty-year-old name Justin May.”
XBox Underground participant known as MTW who was involved in device-replacement fraud and was identified in court documents as Person A.
“Then there’s Justin May, or MTW, who got arrested at PAX”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | PAX arrest | Explicit | 45 |
| outgoing | MEMBER_OF | Xbox Underground | Explicit | 46 |
| outgoing | USES | Return Merchandise Authorization | Explicit | 46 |
| outgoing | DEVELOPED_BY | Return Merchandise Authorization | Derived | 46 |
| outgoing | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Uncertain | 46 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | PAX arrest | Explicit | 45 |
| incoming | POSSIBLY_SAME_AS | Person A | Uncertain | 46 |
Justin May ASSOCIATED_WITH PAX arrest
Justin May was arrested at PAX while attempting to download a pre-release game from a development kit.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Skitzo EP 45 Details
“this is a guy that went to fucking PAX and got arrested”
“they caught Justin and threw handcuffs on him”
PAX arrest INVOLVES Justin May
The PAX arrest incident involved Justin May.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 45 Details
“they caught Justin and threw handcuffs on him”
Justin May MEMBER_OF Xbox Underground
Justin is described as an active member of the group and one of its hackers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“Then there’s Justin May, or MTW, who got arrested at PAX but is still active in the group”
Justin May USES Return Merchandise Authorization
Justin fraudulently requested replacement Cisco devices without returning the original devices, then sold the replacements.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“Justin knew this and figured out a way to trick Cisco into processing an RMA for him even though he didn’t have a router to send back”
Person A POSSIBLY_SAME_AS Justin May
Sanad inferred that Person A in the indictment was Justin because Justin was the only person they knew from Wilmington, Delaware; the identification is presented as an inference rather than established fact.
Uncertain Confidence 86% · Sanad EP 46 Details
“We all only knew one person from Wilmington, Delaware; Justin”
Justin May ATTRIBUTED_TO Federal Bureau of Investigation
The episode presents competing speculation that Justin may have been an FBI informant, while noting that nobody knew for sure.
Uncertain Direction flagged Confidence 78% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“Maybe Justin was an informant for the FBI and the whole thing was just set up to make Justin look good as an informant. Nobody knows”
Justin May DEVELOPED_BY Return Merchandise Authorization
Justin is described as having devised a way to abuse Cisco's RMA process; this is an unusual use of DEVELOPED_BY because the catalog has no separate scam artifact entity.
Derived Direction flagged Confidence 72% · Jack Rhysider EP 46 Details
“figured out a way to trick Cisco into processing an RMA for him”