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“Thanks to Trump’s Law”: $4B Bitcoin Hacker Credits Regulations for Early Prison Release
Ilya Lichtenstein, who hacked crypto exchange Bitfinex and stole nearly 120,000 Bitcoin, said he has been freed from prison early. His wife, Heather Morgan, who also pleaded guilty as part of the Bitcoin laundering scheme, celebrated her husband’s apparent release. The Russian-U.S. national said he has been freed from prison early thanks to the bipartisan prison-reform law signed by Trump. Lichtenstein, 38, was sentenced in November 2024 to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge and admitting to the hack of crypto assets now valued in billions of dollars. But late ... (full story)
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