Bitfinex hacker should get 5 years jail for 120K BTC heist: Feds
Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 120,000 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack of Bitfinex, should receive a reduced sentence of five years in prison, prosecutors say.
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Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 120,000 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack of Bitfinex, should receive a reduced sentence of five years in prison, prosecutors say.
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