Bitfinex hacker sentenced to 5 years in prison for extracting nearly 120k BTC

CAT November 15, 2024 1 min read

Trisha Husada

Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Washington federal judge for stealing billions worth of Bitcoin from crypto exchange Bitfinex. According to a Bloomberg report, Lichtenstein received his sentence from the Washington federal court…

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