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,
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
Bitcoin Hacker Sentenced To 5 Years For Laundering Billions In Crypto Theft
In one of the most significant cryptocurrency crime cases to date, Ilya Lichtenstein, who orchestrated the theft of 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex in 2016, was sentenced to five years in prison. The stolen Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC),
Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday.
Bitfinex Hacker Jailed for Five Years Over Billion Dollar Crypto Heist
US resident Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, was sentenced on November 14 to five years in jail after he hacked into Bitfinex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms, in 2016. Lichtenstein stole 120,000 bitcoins and started laundering the money with his wife, Heather Rhiannon Morgan.
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.
US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions
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.
US Man Sentenced to 5 Years Over Laundering Crypto Stolen From Bitfinex Hack
A New York technology entrepreneur was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty last year to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges,
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.
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 who laundered billions stolen crypto sentenced to 5 years in prison
Bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced on Thursday for his role in a money laundering conspiracy related to the theft of $3.6 billion worth of cryptocurrency from virtual currency exchange Bitfinex,
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 ...
'Bitcoin’s biggest heist': How did Ilya Lichtenstein pull off the $10 billion cyber theft?
Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, executed one of the ‘largest Bitcoin thefts’ in history, draining 120,000 ...
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How Ilya Lichtenstein Commited One Of The Biggest Bitcoin Heists In History
Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced to 5 years for laundering $4.5B in stolen Bitcoin, hacked Bitfinex in 2016, using advanced ...
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Bitfenix burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist
A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink The US is sending the main figure behind the 2016 ...