비트파이넥스 해킹 및 도난 자금 세탁 혐의로 지난 2024년 11월 5년형을 선고받은 일리야 리히텐슈타인(Ilya Dutch Lichtenstein)이 연방수형자의 교화와 재사회화를 골자로 한 '퍼스트 스텝법'(First Step Act)에 따른 형량 감경으로 조기 석방됐다고 DL뉴스가 전했다. 그는 래퍼 헤더 모건(Heather Morgan)의 남편으로, 2016년 비트파이넥스에서 45억 달러 상당 비트코인을 탈취하고, 이를 세탁한 바 있다.

비트파이넥스 해킹 주범, 조기 석방

Ilya Dutch Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 for hacking Bitfinex and laundering stolen funds, has been released early under the First Step Act, a federal law designed to rehabilitate and reintegrate federal inmates, DL News reported. Lichtenstein, the husband of rapper Heather Morgan, stole $4.5 billion worth of Bitcoin from Bitfinex in 2016 and laundered it.

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