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

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

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 ...

The hacker behind the 2016 Bitfinex breach says he was freed early under Donald Trump’s First Step Act, just over a year after receiving a five-year sentence. Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one ...

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 announced early release.