Bitfinex Hacker
Sentenced Five Years
for $
10 Billion Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Heist
Ilya Lichtenstein, a hacker behind one of history s biggest
cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта thefts, received a five-year prison sentence.
In 2016, he orchestrated the theft of 119,754 Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin from Bitfinex by
authorizing 2,000 fraudulent transactions. He later teamed up with his wife,
Heather Morgan, to launder the stolen funds.
$10 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin
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The couple pleaded guilty on August 3, 2023, to conspiracy charges tied to
money laundering. The court will later sentence Morgan on November 18, and
Lichtenstein will serve three additional years of supervised release after his
imprisonment.
The Bitfinex heist, initially valued at $71 million, became one of the largest
cybercrimes ever as Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin’s value skyrocketed. To crack the case, the
IRS-Criminal Investigations unit, FBI, Homeland Security , and blockchain• Информационные технологии » Информационно-коммуникационные технологии » Информационные технологии и телекоммуникации » Базы данных » Публичная база транзакций » Блокчейн
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forensics firm TRM Labs worked together for seven years.
Today he told a jury that he had access to Bitfinex s systems for
several months, and also hacked accounts at other exchanges, for example
Coinbase and Kraken. Some of the stolen money went to buy non-fungible tokens,
gold, Walmart gift cards, shrooms and LSD, one X user chimed in.
Lichtenstein s methodology, which used darknet markets, various
exchanges, coin mixers, and other techniques, allowed him to cover his tracks
for years successfully. It was only in 2022 that authorities were eventually
able to seize a single wallet• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Наличные деньги » Кошелёк with 94,000 BTC, which prompted more
investigations that revealed gold coins, physical gold, and USD.
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Some have dubbed him a mastermind hacker for his sophisticated
process. In March, producers announced a Hollywood film about Lichtenstein and
Morgan is in production.
Bloomberg reports that the US government• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Пр » Правительство США
• Государство » Государственное устройство США » Правительство США
• Соединённые Штаты Америки (США) » Государственное устройство США » Правительство США achieved its largest cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта
recovery to date by seizing Lichtenstein s stolen assets. Despite facing
a potential 25-year sentence, he later received significant leniency for
cooperating with authorities and testifying in other cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта cases,
including Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Fog.
Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Fog and Its Role in the Heist
It was only on November 8 that Roman Sterlingov, the founder of Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Fog,
was sentenced to 12 years for operating the same tool that enabled
Lichtenstein to pull off the Bitfinex heist.
Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Fog, a darknet coin mixer, played a critical role in Lichtenstein’s
scheme to launder funds. Coin mixers obscure transaction trails by blending
multiple transfers, making them hard to trace. A great example of this is
Tornado Cash• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Наличные деньги.
The DoJ press release states that Sterlingov knowingly used his tool to help
launder funds from various illegal activities.
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“As proven at trial, Roman Sterlingov created and used an online tool to
process hundreds of millions in illegal transactions, enabling darknet drug
dealers and those who sell child sexual abuse material, to operate. Today’s
sentence sends an unmistakable message: those who help criminals with online
payments for their illegal activities will face serious penalties, said
US Attorney Graves.
Sterlingov was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay a fine of $395.6
million. He also had to give up seized cryptocurrencies• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта and cash• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Наличные деньги worth about
$1.76 million. Additionally, he lost ownership of his Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Fog wallet• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Наличные деньги » Кошелёк ,
which holds around 1,345 Bitcoins valued at over $103 million.
Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Fog operated for ten years, processing over 1.2 million Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin
transactions worth about $400 million. Most funds originated from darknet
markets and supported various illegal activities.
In March 2024, a jury convicted Sterlingov of money laundering, conspiracy,
and operating an unlicensed money transmission business• Экономика » Бизнес after a month-long
trial.
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