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44. Throwing bricks for $$$: violence-as-a-service comes of age

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Sim Swatting Becomes Old-Hat Crime

Brick squad acts as a middleman, though sometimes if the job is local, they'll go ahead and do it themselves. 13 to 18-year-old sim swappers who've made a lot of money are ordering up these jobs. Detective Hale says families become casual-teast too. It's almost laughable that these people literally live in their parents' basements.

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