PANews 1月2日消息，据 DL News 报道，2016 年 Bitfinex 比特币盗窃案黑客 Ilya Lichtenstein 已提前获释，其称得益于美国总统特朗普于 2018 年签署的《First Step Act》，该法案允许囚犯通过参与改造项目获得减刑。Lichtenstein 因协助洗钱近 12 万枚比特币（案发时价值约 45 亿美元）于 2024 年 11 月被判 5 年监禁，其妻 Heather Morgan（网名 Razzlekhan）因协助犯罪被判 18 个月，并已于 2025 年 10 月获释。

<p>PANews 1月2日消息，据 DL News 报道，2016 年 Bitfinex 比特币盗窃案黑客 Ilya Lichtenstein 已提前获释，其称得益于美国总统特朗普于 2018 年签署的《First Step Act》，该法案允许囚犯通过参与改造项目获得减刑。Lichtenstein 因协助洗钱近 12 万枚比特币（案发时价值约 45 亿美元）于 2024 年 11 月被判 5 年监禁，其妻 Heather Morgan（网名 Razzlekhan）因协助犯罪被判 18 个月，并已于 2025 年 10 月获释。</p>

Bitfinex比特币盗窃案黑客已提前获释

PANews reported on January 2nd that, according to DL News, Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker in the 2016 Bitfinex Bitcoin heist, has been released early. She claims this is thanks to the First Step Act signed by US President Trump in 2018, which allows prisoners to receive reduced sentences by participating in rehabilitation programs. Lichtenstein was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 for assisting in the laundering of nearly 120,000 bitcoins (worth approximately $4.5 billion at the time of the heist). His wife, Heather Morgan (online name Razzlekhan), was sentenced to 18 months for aiding and abetting the crime and was released in October 2025.

<p>PANews reported on January 2nd that, according to DL News, Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker in the 2016 Bitfinex Bitcoin heist, has been released early. She claims this is thanks to the First Step Act signed by US President Trump in 2018, which allows prisoners to receive reduced sentences by participating in rehabilitation programs. Lichtenstein was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 for assisting in the laundering of nearly 120,000 bitcoins (worth approximately $4.5 billion at the time of the heist). His wife, Heather Morgan (online name Razzlekhan), was sentenced to 18 months for aiding and abetting the crime and was released in October 2025.</p>

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