In May 2017, Linton began his spree with
Jes Staley, CEO of
Barclays as chairman
John McFarlane, who he pranked with an
acrostic alluding to
whistleblower investigation. Days later, he sent sexist remarks to
Mark Carney,
Governor of the Bank of England and an invitation to a fake soiree. This led to a tightening of Barclay's email security procedures. In June, impersonating
Jeremy Corbyn's press secretary, British politician
Diane Abbott was tricked into commenting about her health. Shortly after, he tricked
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of
Goldman Sachs into making a dig at president Trump,
Citigroup banking chiefs
Michael Corbat and Stephen Bird with links to his previous pranks then corresponded with
James Gorman, CEO of
Morgan Stanley. In late June, right-wing media personality
Katie Hopkins, was tricked into joining a fictional TV show "Adders Basket" debating feminists, liberals and vegans. In August, he targeted the
White House. Posing as
Jared Kushner he tricked a senior cyber security advisor into his authenticity, taunted then media chief
Anthony Scaramucci as ex chief of staff
Reince Priebus just before he was fired, invited US Homeland Security Advisor
Tom Bossert to a soiree, and joked with
Eric Trump about his dad's similarities to
Putin. Personal lawyer to Donald Trump
Michael Cohen was persuaded to tweet a photograph with a hidden gif Lawyer
Ty Cobb and press secretary
Sarah Sanders corresponded, joking about
droning journalist
Natasha Bertrand. In early August, former UK
Home Secretary Amber Rudd briefly corresponded from her personal address about upcoming announcements to a fake advisor account. Later in August,
Breitbart editors
Alex Marlow and
Joel Pollak commented they would do
Steve Bannon's 'dirty work' to fake a Steve Bannon account, ousting
Jared Kushner and
Ivanka Trump and shared a personal smear about their private lives. In September, former
United States Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick briefly fell for fake emails from her client Jared Kushner but didn't reveal anything confidential. In October, Linton posing as now disgraced Hollywood Producer
Harvey Weinstein, confessing regrets for his actions to his former lawyers
Lanny Davis and
Lisa Bloom. Later in October, he targeted
Shark Tank personality
Robert Herjavec as the company CEO, inviting him to a toga party. Later the fake account was copied into official financial projection documents. Linton's last prank was targeting conservative media pundit
Ann Coulter, posing as
Sheriff David Clarke persuading her to review an article about immigration. == Other pranks ==