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Biggest Crypto Hack's Mastermind Ilya Lichtenstein Faces 5-Year Prison Sentence

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Ilya Lichtenstein, the mastermind behind the biggest-ever hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex , must face 5 years of prison sentence, US prosecutors urged to a district judge in Washington .

His wife Heather Morgan , aka Razzlekhan , faces 18 months in prison for the $6 billion hack of the Bitfex exchange .

Lichtenstez and Morgan used sophisticated money-laundering techniques to cover their tracks, These include depositing and withdrawing funds from crypto exchanges and darknet markets, according to a Bloomberg report.

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