The White House defended the release of Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole over 119,000 Bitcoin in 2016, from prison to home ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who had pleaded guilty to attempting to launder 120,000 bitcoin stolen from the Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016, was released after just 14 months of his original five-year ...

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.

Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted in the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack, was released early to home confinement under the First Step ...

NEW YORK -- The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of a New York couple charged with conspiring to launder cryptocurrency presently valued at $4.5 billion -- stolen during the 2016 ...

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 ...

Lichtenstein, a Russian-U.S. national who admitted to hacking crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 and stealing nearly 120,000 bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), said on Thursday he has been released from prison ...

The U.S. hacker pleaded guilty to stealing and laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016.

Ilya Lichtenstein, the individual who admitted to orchestrating the massive 2016 breach at cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, has announced his impending early release from incarceration. In a recent ...