Crypto hacker who stole and laundered billions of dollars of bitcoin jailed
Crypto hacker who stole and laundered billions of dollars of bitcoin jailed - Ilya Lichtenstein sentenced for theft of $11 billion worth of bitcoin from the Bitfinex crypto exchange
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.
Crypto hacker who stole $11 billion of bitcoin sentenced to prison
A hacker has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing and laundering approximately 120,000 bitcoin – worth more than $11 billion at current prices – from the crypto exchange Bitfinex. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, hacked into Bitfinex’s network in 2016, before laundering the funds with his wife Heather Morgan.
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.
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 20,000 bitcoin.
Bitcoin: The hacker who stole 120,000 cryptos worth billions of dollars with his partner was convicted
This is the largest financial seizure in US history - He will have to spend five years in prison - Ilya was stealing it, and Heather was laundering it
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,
Mastermind Behind Bitfinex Hack Gets 5-Year Sentence for Money Laundering
Last year, Ilya Lichtenstein and his social media rapper wife pled guilty to laundering $4.5 billion worth of Bitcoin from Bitfinex.
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,
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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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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.