I stole $300K worth of iPhones — here’s how I did it and how to protect yourself

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A homeless-man-turned-tech-mastermind serving a 94-month sentence for a yearlong smartphone stealing spree has spilled his secrets of the criminal trade to the Wall Street Journal.

Before getting busted in Minnesota last year as part of a larger ring of thieves, Aaron Johnson, 26, made off with an estimated $300,000 by pilfering iPhones and manipulating their financial apps.

Johnson’s sinister approach seemed beyond innocent to iWitnesses — his victims often handed over their phones to him willingly.

He would strike in bars and clubs by targeting inebriated and off-guard winos.

College men, in particular, were an easy mark as “they’re already drunk and don’t know what’s going on for real,” Johnson explained.