Ilya Lichtenstein, who had pleaded guilty to attempting to launder 120,000 bitcoin stolen from the Bitfinex crypto exchange ...

On January 2, 2026, Ilya Lichtenstein, a man behind infamous Bitfinex hack, announced his early release from federal prison.

Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted for the 2016 Bitfinex hack, has been released early from prison to home confinement ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Crypto-currency exchange Bitfinex’s plan to impose losses on all its trading clients for the theft by hackers of $72 million in Bitcoin rests on two flawed pillars, according to ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, the individual who admitted to orchestrating the 2016 breach at cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, has ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges connected to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency exchange ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges tied to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack, was released from prison after ...