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Bitcoin Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

Bitcoin Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

Ilya Lichtenstein, a hacker, has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in history. In 2016, Lichtenstein hacked into the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, making off with nearly 120,000 bitcoins. Working alongside his wife, Heather Morgan, who went by the alias Razzlekhan in her hip hop music career, ...

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