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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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