This week, an alleged fraud kingpin deported to China, Bitfinex hacker gained early release, Unleash Protocol's $3.9M hack, TRM tied crypto thefts to the LastPass ...

Man Behind $10 Billion Bitfinex Bitcoin Hack Released Early, Thanks Trump’s Crime Act Ilya Lichtenstein, who had pleaded guilty to attempting to launder 120,000 bitcoin stolen from the Bitfinex crypto ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pled guilty to money-laundering charges tied to his role in the massive hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, has apparently been released early from prison. In a Thursday evening ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pled guilty to money laundering charges tied to his role in the massive hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, has apparently been released early from prison. In a Thursday evening ...

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Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole nearly 120,000 BTC in 2016, was released early. The First Step Act allowed him to leave prison after 14 months. Most stolen ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who admitted hacking crypto exchange Bitfinex, has been released from prison early. On January 2, 2026, he confirmed his release in a public social statement on social media.

Ilya Lichtenstein, who laundered almost 120,000 Bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack, has been released from prison. He attributed his early release to the First Step Act, a bipartisan bill signed by ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 120,000 Bitcoin from Bitfinex in 2016, was released from prison early on January 2, due to credits earned under former President Donald Trump’s First Step Act He and his ...

A crypto whale pulled 800 Bitcoin worth approximately $71 million from Bitfinex over the past 24 hours, according to data tracked by OnchainLens. In the past six days, the investor acquired 1,000 BTC ...

Ilya Lichtenstein was released early from prison under the First Step Act after assisting federal crypto investigations. He and his wife, Heather Morgan, were arrested in 2022 for laundering 120,000 ...