Dutch Lichtenstein Sentenced for Money laundering
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•Bitfinex hacker receives five-year sentence for record-breaking crypto heist
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Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein hacked Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016 and stole 120,000 Bitcoin tokens.
The stolen cryptocurrency, worth around $71 million at the time of the theft, had soared in value to approximately $4.5 billion by the time they were arrested.
Lichtenstez and his wife Heather Morgan were arrested in 2022 and both pled guilty to conspiring to commit money laundering.
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