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Notorious Bitcoin Hacker Released Years Early, Credits Trump

  • Christian Encila--Bitcoinist
  • published date: 2026-01-04 17:00:32 UTC

Ilya Lichtenstein, the man at the center of the 2016 Bitfinex theft, has been released from federal custody after serving roughly 14 months of a five-year sentence, according to reports. He had been sentenced in November 2024 for a money-laundering conspiracy…

Ilya Lichtenstein, the man at the center of the 2016 Bitfinex theft, has been released from federal custody after serving roughly 14 months of a five-year sentence, according to reports. He had been… [+2810 chars]