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.
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.
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.
Russian-American Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Massive Bitcoin Theft
A Russian-American man whose theft of thousands of bitcoins was one of the largest in history has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison.
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.
Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years as DOJ Ends $10 Billion Crypto Theft Case
Lichtenstein’s sentence is expected to serve as a deterrent amid rising concerns over cyber-related financial crimes.
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,
Bitfinex hacker sentenced to five years in prison for bitcoin money laundering scheme
A man whose 2016 hack of Bitfinex drained nearly 120,000 bitcoin from that cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison for a money laundering scheme that he and his wife pulled off to hide the swiped crypto.
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
Bitfinex hacker receives five-year sentence for record-breaking crypto heist
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