Hacker Who Stole 120,000 BTC From Bitfinex Exchange Sentenced To Five Years In Prison
Hacker who pulled of the biggest heist in the cryptocurrency industry is finally put behind bars! The stolen Bitcoin is worth over $10 billion.
Hacker who stole and laundered billions in bitcoin with wife’s help gets 5-year sentence
Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, hacked into Bitfinex’s network in 2016, using advanced hacking tools and techniques, and stole about 120,000 bitcoin, the feds said.
Hacker sentenced over bitcoin theft worth billions
A bitcoin hack that's now worth billions of dollars and a scheme to launder those proceeds resulted in Ilya Lichtenstein being sentenced to five years in prison.
Hacker launders stolen bitcoin, faces 5-year sentence
A hacker who assisted in laundering the proceeds of a bitcoin theft from a cryptocurrency exchange has been sentenced to five years in prison for his
Bitfinex hacker sentenced to 60 months for laundering $4.5B in stolen Bitcoin
Bitfinex hacker laundered the stolen crypto with his wife’s help. In 2016, Ilya Lichtenstein bypassed Bitfinex’s network security, initiating over 2000 transactions and redire
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New York City Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Bitfinex Bitcoin Heist and Money Laundering Scheme
Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced to 60 months for a money laundering conspiracy linked to a 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin theft.
Bitcoin hacker sentenced to five years in prison
A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts. Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year to hacking into the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 and stealing almost 20,
Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in prison for 120,000 bitcoin heist
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities.
US Hacker Sentenced To Five Years For Laundering Stolen Cryptocurrency In Bitfinex Hack
A hacker involved in one of the largest cryptocurrency heists has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for laundering stolen funds. Ilya Lichtenstein admitted to laundering almost 120,000 bitcoin taken from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016,
Bitfinex hacker receives five-year sentence for record-breaking crypto heist
The hacker behind one of the biggest-ever cryptocurrency heists will serve five years in prison for conspiring with his wife to launder billions in stolen Bitcoin. Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein was sentenced in Washington federal court Thursday after he admitted to hacking the Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016 and stealing almost 120,
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Bitfinex Breach Launderer Heather Morgan Says She Was ‘In Complete Shock’ When Husband Told Her About Hack
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Tech Entrepreneur Sentenced for Notorious Bitfinex Theft
A New York entrepreneur, Ilya Lichtenstein, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for laundering bitcoin stolen from the ...