US prosecutors urge judge to hand Bitfinex hack mastermind five-year sentence
The Bitfinex crypto hack resulted in the theft of 120,000 Bitcoin Ilya Lichtenstein used a series of sophisticated methods to hide the stolen funds between 2016 and 2022 He told his wife and co-conspirator about the hack in 2020 who then helped him to hide the stolen assets US prosecutors have told a judge that the mastermind behind the Bitfinex exchange hack should receive five years in prison. Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty last year after stealing 120,000 Bitcoin, was arrested in 2022. His wife and co-conspirator Heather Morgan was also taken into custody, in connection to the 2016 Bitfinex crypto hack. During their arrest, police seized Bitcoin worth around $71 million at the time of the hack. According to Bloomberg, a court filing was submitted to the US District Court of Columbia, US prosecutors say Lichtenstein should receive a longer sentence than Morgan, also known as rapper Razzlekhan. Last week, federal prosecutors recommended that Morgan...