Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump’s First Step Act for early prison release
The hacker, who pleaded guilty to stealing and laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, said sentence-reduction provisions, not a pardon, led to his release after serving about 14 months.
Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges tied to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack, was released from prison after j… [+2180 chars]