 He attended South Miami High School in Miami, Florida, where he was described as the "troubled" pack leader of computer nerds.In 2000, he moved to New York City, where he lived for three months before moving to Kearny, New Jersey.While in Kearny, he was accused of being the mastermind of a group of hackers called the ShadowCrew group, which trafficked in 1.5 million stolen credit and ATM card numbers.