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.
Man who stole and laundered roughly $1B in bitcoin is sentenced to 5 years in prison
A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife — has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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.
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.
Bitfinex hacker sentenced to 60 months for laundering $4.5B in stolen Bitcoin
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to theft and laundering charges last year, was sentenced to 60 months in prison. He was sentenced for laundering and stealing nearly 120,000 Bitcoin, currently valued at $10.5 billion, from Bitfinex, a global crypto exchange.
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 in the case involving the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange being hacked in 2016 and the theft of almost 120,000 bitcoin.
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.
Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for 2016 Bitcoin Theft
Ilya Lichtenstein, a hacker responsible for Bitfinex crypto heist, was sentenced to five years in prison on November 14.
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Major bitcoin hacker Lichtenstein gets five years in prison for crypto laundering scheme
The value of the bitcoin stolen by hacker Ilya Lichstenstein from Bitfinex in 2016 is worth more than $10 billion now.
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