Ilya Lichtenstein

Pierluigi Paganini January 05, 2026
The cybercriminal behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack has been released from prison early thanks to Trump’s 2018 First Step Act

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison for his role in the Bitfinex hack that occurred in 2016, has been released from prison early. Ilya Lichtenstein (38), convicted for the hack of the cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex in 2016, has been released from prison early. A Trump administration official told CNBC that Lichtenstein served significant prison time […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2024
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced to 5 years in prison

Bitfinex hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 1 billion worth of Bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2016, has been sentenced to five years in prison. “Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy arising from the hack and theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global […]