> Pinpoint the victim. Dimly lit and full of people, bars became his ideal location. College-age men became his ideal target. "They're already drunk and don't k

> Pinpoint the victim. Dimly lit and full of people, bars became his ideal location. College-age men became his ideal target. "They're already drunk and don't know what's going on for real," Johnson said. Women, he said, tended to be more guarded and alert to suspicious behavior. > Johnson would tell them he was a rapper and wanted to add them on Snapchat. After talking for a bit, they would hand over the phone to Johnson, thinking he'd just input his info and hand it right back. > "I say, 'Hey, your phone is locked. What's the passcode?' They say, '2-3-4-5-6,' or something. And then I just remember it," Johnson described. Sometimes he would record people typing their passcodes. > Once the phone was in his hand, he'd leave with it or pass it to someone else in the crew. Lock them out -- fast. Within minutes of taking the iPhones, Johnson was in the Settings menu, changing the Apple ID password. He'd then use the new password to turn off Find My iPhone so victims couldn't log in on some other phone or computer to remotely locate -- and even erase -- the stolen device. > Johnson said he would then enroll his face in Face ID because "when you got your face on there, you got the key to everything." The biometric authentication gave Johnson quick access to passwords saved in iCloud Keychain. Savings, checking, cryptocurrency apps - he was looking to transfer large sums of money out. And if he had trouble getting into those money apps, he'd look for extra information, such as Social Security numbers, in the Notes and Photos Apps