Billion-dollar Bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein thanks Trump for early prison release

Published: 2 weeks ago (January 2, 2026 at 02:51 PM EST)

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Source: The Verge

Ilya Lichtenstein Released After Prison Sentence

Just over a year after being sentenced to five years in prison for the theft of billions of dollars in Bitcoin, hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is free. Lichtenstein announced his release in a post on X, specifically crediting Trump: “Thanks to President Trump’s First Step Act, I have been released from pr…

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